The Worst of Humankind - Part 3
So, how to end this senseless war
You Russians have begun?
No peace again until Ukraine
Has smashed you, every one.
We’ll give them lethal weaponry
To fight our proxy war.
We’ll empty out the corners of
The Quartermaster’s store.
But you don’t like it when we give them
Weapons to fight back:
Planes and tanks and howitzers,
The heavy stuff they lack.
You squeal and say that’s cheating,
Like the bully that you are,
When we even up the fight,
Bring Ukraine up to par.
Mutually Assured Destruction:
That’s what you’re threatening now.
Your big red button makes you brave,
You think that you can cow
Us, shrink us from the brink
– ‘We don’t want to die!’ –
But are your generals brave as you?
Are they prepared to fry?
We know you mean the opposite
Of all the lies you spout,
So when you say you’ll nuke us all
It’s time to call you out.
But if you’ve really lost your mind,
Nothing will be enough.
Let’s face the worst of humankind:
It’s time to call your bluff.
Meanwhile, we watch the tv news
And try not to be blind
To all the crimes committed by
The worst of humankind
And try to quell the rage that clouds
The judgement and the mind:
The fury, rage and anger at
The worst of humankind.
Copyright © Bob Trewin | Year Posted 2022
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