Revolutionary?

Hallowed is his name

His image printed

Everywhere, blazoned

From teenagers t-shirted

Apathetic young chests

To flags on walls of

Campaign Headquarters

For potential Presidents

So that one would think

He was an honorable man

 

If I call him an honorable man

I am sarcastic like Marc Antony

In his Shakespearian oration

For I will not worship the image

Of a killer of innocent souls

 

A physician he studied to be

"First of all, do no harm"...

 

Ah, but Che you thought harm

Had a purpose in your desires

For the future of mankind

Your Hyppocratic oath?

A mere hypocrisy

 

The poor, he saw them, the infirm

His answer to their plight

Was to infirm a nation

Under guise of revolution

But who was revoluted

If the people lay broken

Dead, starving, or unemployed?

 

You did not want equality

Guevara, you wanted power

And Castro took it by the reigns

 

Oh, Cuba, your revolution

Has created refugees

And now the world

Holds up as example

A man who helped to destroy

Your people in the name of love

 

Our emo kids and punks

Think him oh so cool

WIthout even knowing

Who it is they idolize

Without reading the story

About the face on their shirts

 

Ah, and some, some who know

Who you are Che Guevara

Still want you to be hallowed

And I cannot imagine why.

Since when have murderers

Deserved the worship reserved for saints?

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

The image of Che Guevara has been again gaining popularity in pop culture. It is an image that most who wear it know little about. One part of his life has been immortalized by the movie, The Motorcycle Diaries. This is the part just before he started putting innocents in prison and lining them up to be shot- all in the name of creating a better world. This image of his face is known as one of the most famous images of all time. Why? I suppose we should all have Hitler and Stalin tees as well? I'd rather wear Gandhi. :)

Reviews

[Constance]

I spelled Gandhi right. He's a hero of mine. The h is before the i at the end.

[Lord_Tyronisis]

I applaud you for personifying Che as what he was: a mass murderer and not a revolutionary. I agree with you fully. Its horrendous how he is made out to be great! *applause*

but Ghandi is spelt with an "h", just a little side note.