Anne Gilleland, A Portraiture

The Pickled Czar

What would you be willing to do? And let the evidence show that nothing could be done. And understand that this was known by the aides well in advance. Apparently they gave the command, but she paid them to say it, you can tell. There's just that look in here eye; especially the third one, right above her nose. And Marx supplied the explanation: that capitalism causes despair. Unfortunately, so does revolution. The poor Czar, he didn't even know until it was too late, he was stuck in a pickle, stuck in a jam; well he was stuck from the very beginning.