IVAN’S RED STAR STATION

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Wolfgang drove up to

The Sign of the Star

And a smiling attendant

Leaned into his car.

(He wore a Red Star

On his fuzzy brown cap

And a Misha-Bear patch

Over each pocket flap.)

“Fill’er up Comrade?

What will it be?

We welcome your business—

And, as you can see,

Whatever you ask for

Is what you will get,

From “KGB No-Knock,”

“Supreme Soviet,”

To “Regular Red Star”

Or new “Borsch-ohol,”

We’ll even deliver—

Just give us a call.”

“Ja wohl!” shouted Wolfgang

“What have we to fear?

For clearly it seems

You have no shortage here!”

Soon customers flocked there

From near and afar

To fill up their tanks

At the Sign of the Star—

His prices were always

The lowest around,

And soon Ivan’s station

Was the only in town.

(See Ivan was shrewd

And did well understand

An immutable law of

Supply and demand:

If you have the supply

And your price is the best,

In time you will prosper

And crowd out the rest.)

Now in time it developed

(as might be predicted)

The whole German nation

Became quite addicted;

They needed ole Ivan

Too badly it seemed,

And too late discovered

How Ivan had schemed.

For Ivan foresaw what

The Germans most lacked

And knew he could profit

From one simple fact—

The oil he supplied was

The very foundation,

The blood of the German

Industrial nation;

And he who dispensed it

Could simply control

The life of his customers

Body and soul.

And over the years

It did come to pass

They relied on ole Ivan

For far more than gas:

Their heating oil, kerosene,

Crude and no-knock

All came to them straight

From the communist bloc.

Without Ivan’s blessing

Their cars wouldn’t go,

Nor could they survive in

The cold winter’s snow;

Their factories, schools,

And government too,

All ran on his schedule,

For everyone knew

The power to oil

Was the power to kill

And the whole German country

Now bowed to his will!

(And soon ev’ry German

Wore a fuzzy brown cap

With cute little Mishas

On each pocket flap.)

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