Letter from Putin

Dear Donald Trump, my friend,

I bet your patience is wearing thin.

Because of your democracy,

Investigations are closing in.

 

Since I can use my magic

To make people disappear,

Such investigative threats

Are never going to happen here.

 

From watching your revolving-door

Administration, I can see

That you, like me, expect one thing

Above all others: loyalty.

 

What is all this talk about

Ties with Russian oligarchs?

Don't your people realize that

Our bites are much, much worse than our barks?

 

Although I appreciate

What you did during your campaign--

The helpful steps you took to soften

Your stance on giving aid to Ukraine--

 

We still have a ways to go.

But one thing that I have to say

Is you have been good about

Respecting our little NDA.°

 

Lifting sanctions would be a big help.

I thought that maybe a good incentive

Would be our many ICBMs,

For you know we're very inventive.

 

But, no, let's not talk about threats.

If your cards are rightly played,

You will be as strong as I.

In other words, you'll have it made.

 

Ah, silence is golden, no?

One thing is sure as shootin':

I'd hate to have to spill the beans

'Bout you know what. Your friend, Putin.

 

-by Bob B (4-2-18)

 

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Reviews

[sette]

i like the poem, it has symptoms of perhaps another cold war 2?