Image by Joseph Cosby | Kiss Me At Midnight
Bust your asses! The Long Boss yells.
Trying to hurry up his work crew
So that they can knock off and
Get home for an early supper.
Dostoyevsky, either as an insult, or
Just because it needs doing,
Places his finger against his nose
And snorts out a stream of green snot.
The Long Boss takes it as an insult,
And cracks Dostoyevsky across the face
With his whip, causing Dostoyevsky’s
Left eye to pop out onto his cheek.
Dostoyevsky finds that now he is able
To look at his own feet and at
The oncoming horizon at the same time.
Will this advantage him when he writes?
He thinks, probably so.
Blessed with his own unique attributes,
And living in London, Karl Marx
Witnesses this scene, and scribbles
Faster… before the vision fades.
At last, he can put down his pen.
Jenny! He calls. Bring tea!
I have written enough for today.
After, we will take a walk.
Epigram
Dostoyevsky is for dreaming,
While Tolstoy rattles on.
Only Pushkin shoots the arrow straight.
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