This poem is taken from Poetry Nation 3 Number 3, 1974.
Seven Around A RevolutionI - A Gift
He is the Tribune of The People,
He is Babeuf. The others speculate,
But he is Babeuf. The others
Speculate and steal. Gracchus
Out of Plutarch, he takes
The crudely fashioned knife
Made by his son from a candlestick
For his (the father's) suicide.
He hones it on his eloquent tongue.
He says, smiling enigmatically:
Here, it is yours. Do what you can.
II - Alternatives
One announces in papers:
Seeking the patronage of the rich
To further my work. For a decade
It will always be noon.
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