COMRADE KROPOTKIN

COMRADE KROPOTKIN

Comrade Kropotkin
lines up meticulous
at his desk

works
at a measured pace
with clever care

consults his almanac
to get a handle
on the time

he hopes
the weather will
be fine
Sun
   will shine
on all his
friends close
to the
Tsar and Tsarina

and bring
revolution and
state
   of extraordinary equality
and political freedom

far to the left
of Lenin and Marx.