Beauty Through Pain

From Dostoevsky in Heaven — by Mitch Sisskind

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Europe will find Christ with our Russia

Showing the way, which is her destiny —

But America? Ha. Recall how Svidrigailov

Speaks of “America” as a euphemism

For what? For suicide! Ha. So I speak of

Trump as a double of Papa Karamazov

Who in his turn speaks of Grushenka as

“My little chicken.” Ha. Needless to say,

Yes, yes, yes, there is also an aspect

Of Smerdyakov in Trump — I know this —

And the bottom line (as you say!) is this:

America must not, cannot, and will not

Be redeemed. I’m just so terribly sorry.

Russia — the third Rome! America? Ha.