Ideology shaped a Stalinist warped ego French colonial rule, justifying credo Millions perished as fuel, ablaze in pyre's revolt-the Marxist assault Cambodia scorned, Bolshevist leader adorned
The Khamer Rouge, terrors striking from the jungle Depredation as the city defense crumbled
Schooled in the west by Leninist creed Making his countrymen bleed He would not rest, Ho Chi Minh's behest To transplant the revolution's seed Power obsessed, dissension suppressed Viciously lashing at rivals Pol-Pot the cruel, a communist tool Industry the new pariah Peasantry his lone messiah Capital thrown to the fire of reform
Saloth reborn Pol-Pot took form
Phnom Penh taken by storm, by defilers in the night Akin to viral blight, succumbing to the swarm Forced out citizens, beaten till they all conform Cast out denizens, education uniform
Toil in fields their lot, through battery they're taught, an existence fraught Stolen property, subject to mockery, abject poverty, slavery
Quotas meeting yields In the killing fields Murdered by the guards Bankrupt house of cards Growing paranoia, executions commonplace Loyalty requisite, peasants shot in the face
Rampant ceaseless death Nation struggling for breath, the hopeless and doomed Border power vacuum Vietnam land-grab resumed, allies war consumed Pol-pot ousted by foes he headed up north
The Khamer Rouge, terrors striking from the jungle For twenty years as their forces slowly crumbled Guerrilla war, their diminished army stumbled Socialism run-amok failing in all but murderTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.