The Soviet Rhetoric (After Mayakovsky)

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A Russian Immigrant once asked Ilhan Omar:
“O Congresswoman, do you have to mar
all things Israeli? Your wrathful tweets
do lack a balanced view of the Near East.”

His pleas ignored, A Russian Immigrant then turned
to the elected whipper-tweeter from Detroit:
“I want to know, Representative Tlaib,
do you rehearse or is it all ad lib?”

No answer followed. A Russian Immigrant
still had a lingering hope the Squad would grant
his wish: “Please, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez,
give Israel another fighting chance.”

And only Senator Sanders knew their ruse:
The Soviet rhetoric is mightier than the truth.
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Maxim D. Shrayer

Maxim D. Shrayer is a bilingual author and a professor at Boston College. He was born in Moscow and emigrated in 1987. His recent books include  A Russian Immigrant: Three Novellas and Immigrant Baggage, a memoir. Shrayer’s new collection of poetry, Kinship, was published in May, 2024.        
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