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St. Andrews University Marxist Society (Free verse) by Nicholas Jones
I met him at a meeting in the pub, Whisky, beer and coke on the table, Air smelling of tumours. 'I'm a Communist myself,' he told me, 'The only one in Shetland. There was another, but We had a disagreement, And our cell split - He is now the only Trotskyist north of Inverness. We do not talk anymore' 'Did Harry get arrested in the Prague riots?' Somebody asks. I picture him throwing a brick Into a Czech McDonalds. Who could be blamed for that? Hell, I'd do it myself If there was a brick and A hamburger restaurant handy, Fortunately, there is not. Just a smoky pub In a middle-class town, Where a few students talk of revolution While the rest vote Tory, As their forefathers did For generations before them.

Up the ladder: Slept
Down the ladder: Kernel

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Posted: November 1, 2002 1:16 AM PST; Last modified: November 1, 2002 1:16 AM PST
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[8] Christof @ 195.172.133.226 | 1-Nov-02/2:36 AM | Reply
Well, if you are going to hang out at St Andrews what do you expect? Oxford was much the same. This is very wry.
[n/a] Nicholas Jones @ 137.44.1.200 > Christof | 1-Nov-02/2:39 AM | Reply
I am glad you recognise the wryness. Incidentally, pretty much all of this is true - I actually did meet somehow who was the only member of the communist party in Shetland. Everyone in the Marxist Group thought I was right wing because I was in the Labour Party, while people in the Labour Club thought I was a dangerous lefty because I sometimes went to the Marxist thing.
[8] Christof @ 195.172.133.226 > Nicholas Jones | 1-Nov-02/2:41 AM | Reply
I imagine msot people in the Labour Club were quite right wing anyway. You don't find a lot of Socialists in the Labour party any more.
[10] razorgrin @ 192.197.142.120 | 1-Nov-02/6:50 AM | Reply
Damn, it takes a bit to get a smile out of me at this icky hour, but here I am, grinning. Reminds me of the vegan "commie" anarkids here with Che t-shirts, suede sandals and a new cellphione.
[10] razorgrin @ 192.197.142.120 | 1-Nov-02/6:51 AM | Reply
I'm jealous that your revolutionaries don't suck like they do here.
[6] ==Doylum @ 62.6.98.165 > razorgrin | 1-Nov-02/8:03 AM | Reply
They will suck - for a Lenin badge, a look at your little red thing, and a party donation.
[n/a] Nicholas Jones @ 137.44.1.200 > razorgrin | 3-Nov-02/4:19 AM | Reply
The point is the revolutionaries do suck, they only pretend to be revolutionary.
[6] ==Doylum @ 62.6.98.165 | 1-Nov-02/8:06 AM | Reply
Jones the P, you have neglected your duty as regards coffee houses, why is an poem about Star bucks, Costa coffee and other such drinking establishments not forecoming
[n/a] Nicholas Jones @ 137.44.1.200 > ==Doylum | 3-Nov-02/4:19 AM | Reply
SI've never been in a Starbucks, which I think is some kind of achievement. I've been into Costa and asked for a cup of tea, which provoked a look of mild astonishment. Anyway, socialists don't drink coffee, they're like Tony Benn who has a cup of tea on the hour every hour. Maybe I will write about pubs which I have known. Best pub in England, by the way, is The Windmill in Whiteley Green in Cheshire. But don't all flock there and ruin the ambience.
[n/a] UnityMitford @ 167.206.181.179 > Nicholas Jones | 4-Nov-02/8:25 AM | Reply
You've never been into a Starbucks? You really ARE a Marxist! I like the poem, but there's something irritating about all the commentary underneath.
[10] razorgrin @ 192.197.142.101 | 4-Nov-02/6:54 AM | Reply
Actually, one proudly showed me the $50 Lenin badge hat she got. I laughed. Ours are worse than yours, nicholas.
[8] <~> @ 167.206.181.179 | 4-Nov-02/8:14 AM | Reply
true.
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