In Search of Enemies - A CIA Story - John Stockwell

[66] IN SEARCH OF' ENEMIES
break stone
cart stone
in the sun
in the rain
break stone
cart stone!
Old age comes early.
A coarse mat in the dark night
suffices to die
grateful
and hungry.
Realization
Fear in the air!
On each street corner
vigilant sentries light incendiary glances
in each house.
Hasty replacement of the old bolts
of the doors.
In each conscience
seethes the fear of listening to itself.
History is to be told anew!
Fear in the air!
It happens that I
humble man,
still more humble in my black skin
come back to Africa,
to myself
with dry eyes.*
Arguing with MacElhinney, I took up Kissinger's simplistic line
that the Soviets had to be confronted anywhere they made a move,
this time in Angola. Do we just stand back and let them have a free
rein with the Third World?
''You are suffering from a bad case of 'party line,' " MacElhinney
informed me archly. "The Soviets did not make the first move in
Angola. Other people did. The Chinese and the United States. The
Soviets have been a half-step behind, countering our moves. And
•or. Agostinho Neto translated into English by Aaron Segal. Printed with permission,
from Marcum, The Angolan Revolution.