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All Dead Dictators

from Hell's Laughter and Heaven's Ache by John Ludi

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A semi-humorous take on the futile and temporal nature of political revolutions and the violence perpetuated by blind adherence to narrow idealism...and you can almost dance to it!

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ALL DEAD DICTATORS

Discard your faith in the virtues of civilization,
for here lie the bleak rewards of decadence and degradation.
For the few: opulence, for the rest:
subjugation to the capricious whims of a dying nation.

All dead dictators extend their apologies,
such a tricky notion this thing called morality.

An army of peasants are we, heeding the megalomaniac’s call
to build an empire fated only to decline and fall.
How many Stalins will it take until we learn the lessons of history that the wise and dull all spurn?

All dead dictators extend their apologies, for they cannot savor the spoils of victory.

(c) Oh relax, it's ok, everyone's entitled to make a few mistakes
at everyone else's expense.

Just one passionate voice unmoderated by sanity
can lead the rabble to unreasoning calamity.
A revolution of fools to conquer other fools like them,
(and just wait long enough and it will all start again).

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from Hell's Laughter and Heaven's Ache, released January 1, 2001

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John Ludi Madison, Wisconsin

John Ludi is a musician/singer-songwriter with a wide array of influences and lyrical interests who was "Indie" before the term even existed. Working outside of the music industry by choice has given Ludi the ability to release songs of a level of lyrical depth that are anathema to the minds of the "suits". Ludi lives off-grid in a yurt in the woods of WI and will "fight the power" til he dies. ... more

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