It's the haunted Polish image
thousands, maybe millions
driven by the bad guys to Siberia
Siberia is a place, defined clearly enough
and many Poles - and other ethnic groups -
have indeed been deported there
But in the Polish mind
Siberia is a hellish entity
the place where innocents go
driven by the bad guys
except in hell you burn
and in Siberia you freeze
Siberia - that Siberia -
includes Kazakhstan, Archangel Oblast
and anywhere else they dumped Poles
So next time your small talk
drifts like snow to Siberia
do discuss which Siberia you refer to
you wouldn't want to get it wrong
would you?
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