The Comfort of Marx

The Comfort of Marx

Here I am at the old dusty crossroads but

it's more complicated than that

Old, odd demons goad 

youthful emotions to rage down

a mismatch of multidirectional

compost

germination time maybe ten years

then harvests of burning and looting and 

violence that bars understanding

our eyes wide shut we pull

granny's hand made quilt up to our

chins

over our cold shoulders

to find the comfort of lies in

restless sleep. 

E.

03/03/2026

Author's Note

Reviews

[Tom]

I see shelter and haven in our home just as it was when dear old granny used to tuck us into bed when we worried as kids about the wind, thunder, rain outdoors, alas, such inclement weather as adults we know now are nature's way, but nowadys it's mankinds repugnant, rampageous ways that leads us to cower beneath the bedcovers...


'our eyes wide shut we pull
granny's hand made quilt up to our
chins
over our cold shoulders '

[Einstein Noodle]

how fortunate ... sounds like your Gram lived with you or visa versa .. such a strong foundation in young ones lives ... love on ya brother!
E.

[Tom]

Most welcome E. Tell me do while I'm here, do you ever hear from Frieda thesedays?

[Einstein Noodle]

no ... not for a long time .. she has poems on another site but does not answer reviews and tho I have sent her emails she does not answer. :(

[Soren]

Einstein I think I have commented on all of your poems so I will take the chance to reread some. (Write some new ones you are quite talented and it is a shame not to employ it on new work) Upon rereading this poem I see more from the perspective of a bit later and how things have changed but remained the same how they tell us things are better but they seem worse "old odd demons" indeed. Then almost prophetic ten years germination time. Eyes wide shut indeed. It is what we do not want to see that we turn a blind eye to. This seems to apply more to today than yesterday

[Einstein Noodle]

you got it Soren ... yesterday, today and tomorrow, sadly, most likely .. thank you for your kind encouragement to write .. this is the new one ... i am hog tied and dry ... now and again a thought rolls around; but if i write it down it reads like crap to me and if i don't ... it is lost to the winds ;) haven't given up tho .. thank you brother .. very much
E.

[Soren]

I have felt that way before but I then realize that everything in this world is a poem and no matter where I focus there is a poem waiting

[Ken Simm.]

We indeed have not learned from our remembered comfortable youth, have we? This poem reveals that stark non-cosy reality so well. The use of the granny metaphor is particularly relevant.

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you sir ... thank you so much for taking time and sharing your thoughts .. luv on ya brother!
E.

[Soren]

It seems that we have not learned much over the years as mankind and that we still pull the covers over our head pretending that its blindness will keep us safe. Mankind a child that has not grown up. It is only in unity and accepting every other as a brother that we may gain security. A long way off, too much greed. A wonderful write

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you Soren ... for your kind and thoughtful review ... yes ... accepting one another with our differences can certainly be inhibited by greed ... one of the seven deadly sins ... i suppose called so for a good reason eh!? thanks again for stopping and taking time old friend
E.

[Soren]

It is my pleasure

[Neville]

this is gonna go down in history as one of them greats I wish I had thought of first .. because its so bloomin full of truths .. just you Marx my words brother Noodle .. Neville ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐😎👍:))))

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahahaha ... Marzing your words as I write, my friend! you are so very kind and your review lifts me ol' heart right early this morning ... :) luv on ya brother! and on your family
E.

[Neville]

mission well n truly accomplished .. my very sincere pleasure entirely .. N 😎👍

[John the Baptist]

Perhaps Marx felt comfort in his version of socialism, gleaned from his reading at the British museum. He could not have foreseen that his writing would spawn Lenin and Stalin.

[Einstein Noodle]

he had some stretched ideas as a basis for his Communist Socialism .. explanations of the univereses' beginnings and expantion that he and Engels drew from their more immediate suppositions from the economics they observed .. actually the ideas are rather self dissolving so to speak ... he was an angry self absorbed man who cared naught for his wife nor children and spent all his time reading and thinking and creating his manifesto while his family slowly died ... i agree with you, John B. ... i am sure he was totally comfortable within himself .. ;) love your comments and thank you so much for taking time reading and reviewing .. peace and joy!
E.

[Lorry]

Those folks of Yorkshire, England have a saying E, that there's "nowt as queer as folk", meaning there is nothing stranger than people and it was my first thought on reading your words.
All I know is that I truly pity the youth when once I was jealous of them. They are the ones that will be living a dystopian life straight out of 1984.
It takes the kind of mess we find ourselves in now to make you realise that maybe its best we are nearer the end than the start of our lives and can remember times when hope was real.
Granny's hand made quilt comforted us, but flump knows what will comfort youth, as they start to sell off body parts just to survive.
Good luck with that and I'll see you on the other side, says I. 😃

[Einstein Noodle]

spot on Lorry! thanks for reading and reviewing .. i agree with all you say .. more than once in a month I come to that place that i am truly grateful to be at the closing of my chapters.... we had our chance and now our children are running things their way .. tho in the USA we still have some oldies in Congress who are not blind ... tho they act like it some times ... blessing of joy on ya my friend
E.

[Lydia Shutter]

Burning and looting by demonstrators has never made sense to me. If they were in the countries they seem to love, they would be killed for doing this. Sometimes sleep under a homemade quilt is the only peace we have...even if it is restless sleep. It does seem that the left is increasingly adopting communism and socialism....and I fear for our grandchildren. E, this one is powerful. Lydi**

[Einstein Noodle]

it is communism, in my opinion ... they just, at least, are still trying to avoid that tag ....calling it all sorts of other things... makes me sighhhhhhhhhhh ... and shake me nog ... peace and joy to you, my friend .. thanks for stopping and reviewing .. means a lot to me you know :)
E.

[W. Barrett Munn]

This is fascinating, like a preamble to A Tale of Two Cities: It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. It seems to me now that I've aged that every road leads to folly; it's like a forest that burns down periodically to start anew.

[Einstein Noodle]

the forests and plains to burn from time to time, for sure and so far we humans can count ourselves fortunate that it does grow back .. you remind me of this "Vanity[a] of vanities, says the Preacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity." from Ecclesiastes 1:2 ... it goes on the explain the meaning; but your remarks about folly reminded me of just that part. your a kind poet to visit and review Big W. peace and assurance to ya
E.

[Rosie C]

Where do I start?

This gives me the shivers but in a good day.

It’s enlightening, powerful and full of manliness.

I admire its incredible impact on the reader. This poem really stares you down through the layers of truth.

A hauntingly, mindful read.

[Einstein Noodle]

you are very kind, Rosie! thank you so much for such a positive review ... makes me want to keep writing ;) love and peace on ya!
E.