Russian Fish

Pay attention.
Worried faces and grumpy grumblers.
Look into the world, see it from out there.
Obsessions and small minds.
Covered in dirt, tasting of boredom.

At any time, in any place, with or without interpreters, did you ever talk to a Russian?
Tell us more.
Clarify please, was it Russian fish or Russian fishing you discussed?
Both, o.k.

Sputnik was 61 years ago, cosmonauts and astronauts, from Ike and Stalin, to Reagan and Gorbachev.
The cold Reds and their old iron grip on Eastern Europe.
Money ran out in 91.

It is a modest country, mostly.
Now, they know, deep down, that capitalism is the way forward.
Middle classes.
Figuratively, fires burn within them.
Glowing and red.