Trotsky Had an Easy Death
Jo Neace Krause

He must have thought it was his wife,
or Kahlo whispering, "In your new army
make me a brigade captain. Let me
design the uniforms."

Maybe he lifted himself on his elbow
and stared into the dark. "Who's there?
Who? Ah, it's you!"
His little round glasses on a table.

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