Monday, February 14, 2022

The Invasion

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL POLITICS


The Invasion

 

Maybe it began with Crimea

Maybe it was Georgia or Belarus

Whenever it began it begins again

With a strike at the heart of Ukraine

Putin is raising the stakes

He has chosen this time and place

To inflict a great deal of pain

On the proud people of Ukraine

He is challenging international order

Threatening the unity of Europe

Declaring war at a time of pandemic

 

It is time to declare Putin

An international crime boss

A godfather head of state

A pariah among civilized nations

A terrorist of the highest order

A brute a thug a war criminal

 

The price of this invasion

Must be as severe at the violation

Not in blood or loss of life

(though both will be extreme)

For the dictator values neither

But in wealth and prestige

The lifeblood of his immense ego

 

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