Quietly, the stars seem to have drawn nearer,
as the BoyFriends' fingertips begin to make
foreplay: Ieskela and Yalok---shirtless, barefoot,
clad in baggy trousers---so eager to slake
the needs of their desires; their intimacy,
far from the reach of Lenin's revolution;
his Bolshevik thugs, incompetent to find them
in this covert ensured against intrusion.
The sound of Russia's Marxistic convulsions---
daily disruptions, clashes of great noise---
will never find a way in here to frighten
these young men who are now no longer boys.
Their guards protect them with fiercest devotion,
watching over them with due diligence,
determined that they shall not be returned to
the rage of Lenin's grisly petulance.
J-Called