Tony Dawson

PUTIN ON THE BLITZ

“If you’re blue, and don’t know what to do
why not go and give Ukraine the shits?”
Putin on the blitz.

“Different types of greatcoat, perfect fits,”
Putin on the blitz.

“Dressed up like a million-rouble trooper,
trying hard to be a party pooper.
Come, let’s mix where sticks
of dynamite blow Ukraine to bits,”
Putin on the blitz.

Have you seen our Russian bane,
parading up and down Park Lane?
While being London’s owners,
they’re also Tory party donors,
slimy rats with arrow collars,
funding Putin’s spats with lots of dollars.

Spending like there’s no tomorrow,
they have no time for sorrow
for Ukrainians, who get their kicks
delivered by the blitz.
People die as missiles whine,
thanks to hateful Russian swine.

The world doesn’t have to move
and groove
to Putin’s botoxed biorhythms.
Where are the high-tech algorithms
to interfere with his communications
and frustrate his machinations?
Let’s have peace in Ukraine and usher
in regime change in Mother Russia.


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TONY DAWSON has lived in Seville since 1989 having had a career in higher education both in the UK and Spain. Some published poems in English include "Lithuanian Cat’s Cradle" in Critical Survey, "Embers" by Shoestring Press, "Chance Encounter" and "Love’s a Laugh" in londongrip.co.uk, "Attempted Suicide" and "Joan of Arc" in The Five-Two, "Pandemonium", "The Dead of Night", "Maradona Meets His Maker", and "Family Funeral" among others in the Syndic Literary Journal. "Bitte (sic) Experience" in summer 2021 issue of Chiron Review. "Sex Drive" and "App for Ancient Swingers" and flash fiction in Spanish: "Intento de suicidio and Fuenteovejuna" in issue 9 of Home Planet News, "Hidden Meanings" in Poetry and Covid online.