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Despite government efforts to censor the poem after its publication, it was widely read throughout Poland. The issue quickly sold out, and it began selling for high prices on the black market. Hand written copies of the poem were also widely circulated. The poem's publication gave Ważyk a tremendous
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amount of notoriety as a voice of dissent. He was praised not only for his eloquent critiques of the
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and Polish communism, Ważyk (along with many others) left the communist party in 1957. He worked as translator in the following years.
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In part four, Ważyk speaks with open and deliberate contempt about the construction workers:
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Recipients of the Medal of the 10th
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They drink sea-water crying: lemonade! Return home secretly to vomit.
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a motley crew of outcasts crowding in shacks, barracks and hotels
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revolution. The poem was published in the 21 August edition of
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During the War, Ważyk fought alongside Soviet troops on the
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a just and congenial society built by the
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monthly. Ważyk wrote several collections of poetry in
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