RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: UKRAINE
New Year
On the other side of the world
The war continues unabated
Putin’s horrors are unfurled
As if it had been fated
We would change it if we could
We would bring it to an end
We would lock away the madman
And all his brutal friends
What more can we do but let
Our government know we care?
Send our aide and best wishes
Make it easier to bear
Make the oligarchs pay the cost
For Putin’s war of cruel attrition
Let him know his cause is lost
Cut off his ammunition
In our part of the world
The wars are only metaphors
The battle for democracy
A trail of horrid storms
We know life could be harder
We know it could be worse
Our storms are free of missiles
We still think of ourselves first
But we swear we’ll not forget
The many hardships you endure
This world is ever smaller
Of that we can be sure
As we say goodbye to twenty-two
And welcome twenty-three
We hope for better days ahead
Though what will be will be
(Happy New Year to all!)
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