Ode To Fidel Castro Poem by michael spangenberg

Mr. Castro brought the Cold War to the Western
Hemisphere, bedeviled 11 American presidents and
Briefly pushed the world to the brink of nuclear war.

No small chat - at his last Tango during the Party Congress
Fidel ended on a cautious pessimistic note about the
Future of man, the arms race, and overpopulation.

Fidel concluded by criticizing President Obama
for not having explicitly apologized for the criminal
Nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the USA.

It was because of those attacks that he felt it
Necessary to drive home the need to preserve peace
No world power has the right to kill millions of human beings

Meanwhile, in honor of Fidel's birthday, a Cuban master cigar roller
Has completed the world's longest cigar; measuring ninety metres in
Length, one metre for each year of Fidel Castro's (dis) graceful life.

Footnote - Tribute to Fidel Castro August 13,1926 - November 25,2016 revolutionary friend of Che Guevara, Justin Trudeau, Malcolm X
and Nelson Mandela.