Act 1 Exposé of 1933 Soviet Ukrainian starvation. Get smarter--> Absorb all that you find here, hyperlinks and all. Act 2 7 November 1937 20th Anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution Stalin raises his glass. "We will mercilessly destroy anyone who, by his words or his thoughts - yes, his thoughts! - threatens the unity of the socialist state." "To the complete destruction of all enemies, themselves and their kin!"* Act 3 One cannot play chess without a Cheka, especially in the old Muslim Chinese province of Xinjiang with borders long against Kazakhstan Michael 2022 *citations available upon request
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Chagall wrote this in July 2013, same world, different time, amid tensions and sorrow in the city of Bihar, as well as Cameroon, Ethiopia, Syria. He added the tag “God, it’s everywhere.”
Peace in our time. – Michael
Overturned toy truck
stuffed animals in puddles
lilacs in the rain
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
Haiku is prayer Ancient formulae for Love We will God to be Michael 2022
Prayers wailed near Wall Golden grain under Blue sky Looks like Mother Earth Michael, 2022
How does one unsee All children need life to play Eyes peeled heavenward Michael, 2022
Mother births daughter on soft ground only hard rain lost Melody sings cc: Michael 2022
doctor prescribed neomycin polymyxin b sulfates and dexamehtasone opthalmic ointment, to be spread on the inside of the lower lids of both eyes, to heal the red I told her that a cessation of crying would also do the trick cc: mc, cc 2022
Joe Biden Kamala Harris Nancy Pelosi Patrick Leahy Anthony Blinken allow that to sink in, that's your starting 5 imagine these 5 in a boardroom, with a large whiteboard considering the options... the 1969 NY Mets was a surer bet cc: Michael
cc: Chagall 2022
The trident gold on azure shield, lowers to allow the red-crowned crane, very rare, a moment to settle in, respite from the field I can help with the Bear, the crane calls out, ''kar-r-r-o-o-o!'' For who knows Manchuria better? I will rest here a while, in Kyivan style, and serve up Peking Duck, instead of the traditional finger-chicken-licking flames We'll keep him out but he is part of the in crowd, and we're in with the in crowd, I go where the in crowd goes, I know what the in crowd knows kar-r-r-o-o-o! We, the crowing crowned, in a single clutch, multiply by five our own very quickly, such is our way In the north we nest in the spring We don't work cheap, certainly we are not free: Three things to keep in mind: a brilliancy; reciprocal Zugzwang; Zwischenzug O' say, can you see, checked by two different pieces in a single move! Threats from all orthogonally-adjacent points Et tu Xi? cc: MCS, Chagall, Dobie Gray, Wilhelm Steinitz
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