Historic locomotion in
Sectional activation
May simply be a value
That’s fixed externally —
The value of instrumentality.
An historical fact
As a value received
An historical theme
That the value’s O.K.
And the instrument
Is working.
And combine:
The value received
And the nstrument’s working
The historic theme
And the instrument is working
The value received
And the instrument’s failed.
Opportunism flourishes
When internal events
Have noindependence
From and in the
Historical theme.
And Kronstadt failed
Because nobody checked
The instrument’s function
And someone else knew the
Historical theme.
They laughed and were glad
But it didn’t last long
Because somebody else
Was terrible.

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