If we can’t stop the
bald despotic Putin, can
we at very least
Cut off his coffers? (Yes, that’s
a euphemism.)
Skat@2022
*In the 1980s, a Canadian musician wrote this song. The lyrics popped into my head while composing this tanka.
https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/B-B-Gabor/Nyet-Nyet-Soviet-Soviet-Jewelry