A tad controversial? Maybe. But am I still saying it out loud, in rhyme and meter no less? But of course. Some folks mull over things in the privacy of their heads, others whisper them in low tones while my iPad … well, it just blurts them out, no holds barred. Whoosh! Here it comes like a sweetly painful winter chill to get your adrenaline up and your spine a-tingle.

Hello 46th* 
Are you seeing this?
A war has been stoked
Europe has refugees - Look! 
The shock of it! 
Afghanistan and Kashmir 
Don’t count; neither does 
The Middle East 
Oh please! 
The world is used to those
People, forever in the throes 
Of some tragedy, 
Some devilry, 
Some new-fangled holocausts
Of their own

Russia, the land of Ruskis and Putin 
You do so hate them all, Joe Biden 
Your last names though 
Have such a harmonious ring 
Putin, Biden … Biden, Putin 
But I digress, your sentiments 
Have reached across the continents 
To grapple at the throat 
Of that villainous foe 
That Trump-loving pariah 
That creator of election drama 
That divider of the faithful 
And good American folks

Oh, and you’re still not over
The Hunt for Red October*
The hunt that Hunter* hunted  
Via the Kiev crossover 
All the chickens that got away
Came home to roost and lay 
Their devilled eggs, without the yolks
Putin had them all artichoked! 
You believe in all of it 
The fairytale, the who-dunnit
To Russia is where all the trenches lead
Putin has always been so full of sheeet!

So now there’s bloody war afoot
The gloves are off, we’re all in it
It’s the same old American adage
“You’re with us or you’re with the villains” 
And while you’re beating 
That hoodoo drum 
The whole world is slipping 
Into a recession. 
There’s no food, no fuel, 
No jobs to do
These trickle-down economics 
Don’t affect you 
They make their insidious paths towards
The poor, the beaten, the never seen nor heard 

Hellooo 46th 
Do you at least see 
How so much is attributable 
To you directly?
The depression, the frustration 
The agony 
That is doing the rounds 
On its maleficent spree
I can see how you wont 
See this like we do 
How? you declare, can 
Uncle Sam be such a brute?! 
But you are! You are! 
And a bully to boot! 
On a final note, dear Joe
May A tad bit of third worldliness 
That has so diligently been foisted on us 
Graciously, karmically circle around 
To you and yours. Please be assured  
It will be an experience profound. 

* 46th: the 46th president of the USA

* The Hunt for Red October: Tom Clancy’s debut novel, it shows the contrast between Soviet and American societies as exemplified by their militaries. Another significant theme that is played out on several levels of the novel is that of betrayal.

* Hunter: Joe Biden’s son who is rumoured to have had dodgy business connections with Ukraine.