Pride Before a Fall

Putin rides Russia’s pride Cheers ring nation wide Swept along by the tide No matter, Putin’s stride Putin derides all global calls Jeering at the soft flung balls High on the home-pep of it all Playing pride before he falls Before today Putin was creaking Students raised aside his speaking Syrian brokering coated his ceiling Olympic grandeur won a believing The party swings high on the pep Unseeing past the next high step Boozed out to the dawning inept Recessions pill awaits there, swept Putin cynically prides pop calls Crimean homing serving the all But the gain will pain, come the fall Come the reality of Putin’s new wall It’s swallowing will cost his people Harpooned by his Bolshevik needle Freedoms put-on by the Putin spiteful And recession bites like a razer-ball Putin’s pride, his hoodwinking call Subterfuge designed for his win all Knowing oppression awaits cat calls When pride bites deep... before the fall