understanding the left.

abandoned from
an ancient land,
marx
mr. x, malcolm
mexico, mejica
conflict/con,flix
chaos and the tao
che guevara and mao
rebelling from pious
mountaintops,
but the landscape fades.
manifestos and manuals-
the revolution
locked in books.
martyrs and rebels
as(s) socialist idols.
politics as a marx
-ist,ist,ism,ism
bible.
“but only through conflict do things move
forward,”
mentions
a sociology prof.
in soc. 100.