RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: WORLD DEMOCRACY
The Chancellor (Angela the Great)
Elected to office in 2005
Dubya Bush was in his second term
Jacques Chirac was President of France
Tony Blair was PM of Great Britain
And Vladimir Putin was Czar of Russia
Angela the Great
Chancellor of the German Republic
Outlasted them all
Except the Great Dictator
Emperor of the North
Putin the Puppeteer
De facto leader of Europe
She guided her nation through
The ill-fated American wars on terror
The blooming of the European Union
The global economic collapse
The sudden shock of Brexit
The rise of buffoonery in the US and Britain
And the Great Pandemic of 2020
She stood up to nationalism
When nobody would
She stood up to Putin
When America faltered
She stood for democracy
When autocracy was in vogue
We may disagree with her policies
But her strength and perseverance
In times of great upheaval
Is beyond all question
All hail Angela Merkel
Long may she live and prosper
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