@ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; In Krakow, The Soviet Envoy's Discrete Advice

Although his is a straitened situation,

this comrade---W. G. J. N. M. Moes---

shall not suffer more harrassment:  it goes

no further, and that comes out of Moscow,

of whom you will not wish to run afoul.

This has been given full consideration.

In adolescence, a most lovely boy,

who brought a sensual, barefoot  inspiration

to a short novel that some much enjoy

on cold nights when the Volga takes on ice.

The tale adds to their tea a bit of spice.

Some in our Party are not so despotic

that such a book---homogenous, erotic---

could bring to them a thrumming delectation.


J-Called

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Władysław Moes was, in his early adolescence, the inspiration for the character Tadzio in Thomas Mann's novel, Death In Venice.  Being a descendent of nobility and capitalists, he did not fare well under the so-called Revolutionary regime that acquired power in Poland.  However, he was not subjected to imprisonment, torture, or execution.  This poem, while fictive, attempts to explain the reason for that.


I used bold type and red color in deference to the speaker of the poem.

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