"The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall." 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUy0br24pli
--Che Guevara 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVK4dL90at
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Shake the tree as hard as need be, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAZOxZJfHb
To make the apple fall, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52d1wc75MQ
Be it green, or red or yellow, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZl7WYqLmy
Be it ripe or still too green, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ny16aAz64
Succulent or rotten to the core, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrg3vFPHRj
Shake the tree and make it fall. 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxAnhq6ujG
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If shaking the tree does not suffice, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WhsQcP6rE
Plant a worm most carefully, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeOrY1dRlc
Let it eat the apple's heart, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDDYJYYDNA
Break its spirit as it feeds, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsD1nyRnCsp
Sap its strength most thoroughly, then just wait until it falls. 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAb2JIkQNs
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But if that tactic also fails, don't lose heart, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfT5Cd6e79
Rip out the tree's protective bark, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FkylAlUDU
Salt its roots, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ096fHhD3FZ
Strike it with chains, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeF36W41Gb
Until no beauty remains, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4E5RLfcVGM
And await the apple's fall. 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRRUTDNt8G
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And should the damned tree still stand, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbF3kfu2N0L
And the apple cling to life, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhdsB1AWKj
Take an axe, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5pViNTKoQ
Sharpen it well, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtojnX3QW2X
Chop at the tree, bring it down, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQd1KyfP8Qk
Force the apple to the ground. 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlARV8857c2
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And should the apple still cling, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMPFe30Ar3
To a branch devoid of life, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9HoTwS1lM
Douse the shattered, useless tree 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkuSuAgwgl
With gasoline, light a match, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8wYr2Toxt
And burn apple, branch and tree, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmAXg7nGtJ
All to gloriously fine ash. 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAj8siwaTeb
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Do this always in my name, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRAXfoBK6T
For "If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0nfkVy7bz
Then you are a comrade of mine." 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfL4WKMcID
Wear my face with pride over your heart, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0eIBekoz0
Shake raised fists in indignation, scatter the ashes to the wind, 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HpYpcLuJK
What does it matter that ashes can't be eaten, so long as we win!139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNbNG7ORve
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You can hear my reading of this poem at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6MlOmVvH3n8QehG1dzH4Za?si=MWl_rE0YQLy3bQvS8dbtOA 139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwH4FbtIG2
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Author's Note: I am no fan of Marxists or Marxism as no philosophy has wreaked as much misery as Marxism in every country it has touched in the 20th and 21st centuries, in my view. Fascism and Marxism are two sides of the same totalitarian coin, and while we rightfully condemn fascists, somehow too many folks in the media and entertainment worlds continue to have a soft spot for Marxism and Marxists old and new. Here, I've taken two quotes attributed to Che Guevara who has become something of a cult hero with his iconic good looks and short life spent fighting to spread Marxist/Communist causes in Cuba and elsewhere in Latin America before being killed. His life has been romanticized in books and movies, including the popular Motorcycle Diaries, that focus on the young revolutionary in a positive light as a freedom fighter. The real revolutionary was quite different--a hardened, cold-blooded killer who executed countless "counterrevolutionaries" (read: non-Communist/Marxists) without mercy or regret. The end justified the means for him and for all Marxists--and their equally deranged polar opposites, fascists.139Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPdOP7ulTx
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