Putin, Xi, and Damocles: Three or more than

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                             Cicero's tale revives Dionysius
                                        as modern-day leaders bear the old roles
                                     of power play constants plus or minus
                            the swords of war and wealth hang o'er two souls
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                                   the lust for power easily beguiles,
                                      pain and pleasure at the pink pagoda,
                                       braless Russian black bear black sea exiles,
                                   club, green tea, cream, and Joe's baking soda.
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                                 Palace, Putin's Black Sea, Charles, Buckingham,
                             Xi, down-to-earth, low-key, not White House type,
                                Putin, opposite, a bit of a ham,
                              or join Joe's Rose Garden--smoke the peace pipe.
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                                        The Sword hangs freely without fear below,
                                      Damocles fled fear, what four stays or blow?
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