MAN OF STEEL
Stalin was exiled to Siberia several times, managing to escape
more than once. Learning of yet another escape attempt the Tsarist authorities sent
him to the distant hamlet of Kureika close to the Artic Circle , Koba was another name he used during his period as a revolutionary and gangster.
MAN OF
STEEL
Kureika 1913
Half a
mile from the frozen lake
a hut.
Heated
by a wood stove
Against
the Siberian knife wind.
Inside
the exile spit
sizzles
against the heat of the stove.
Thoughts
of revenge keep him warm.
Wrapped
in wolf fur he watches for a change in the weather
As the
storm clouds gather
He
sharpens himself for the coming change.
Under
a scythe moon
He
plots his escape.
Even
the wolves are wary of this predator.
Koba
pulls on his snow boots
Soon
the snow will be soaked with blood.
Stalin in 1913 |
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