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He fooled those blockheads: as Fifth Symphony passes
through the approval of the Bolshevik Party,
misinterpreted by those Comrades---horses' asses;
the composer's amusement was silent, but hearty.
Perhaps it joined the laughter (one might hope and presume)
that mocks the deviled corpse in Lenin's tomb.
The symphony survived even the murderous guile
in Comrade Joe Stalin's maleficent smile;
Joe Stalin, whom God will damn, and History revile.
Starward
