Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Catullus Critiques

A Work in Progress
66

 
So that was his whole point
banning Ukraine from joining NATO ever
security agreements what do they mean?
don’t they mean a security guarantee just like NATO?
a guarantee Britain once gave Poland
that brought England into Hitler’s war
an EU guarantee plus nuclear-armed Britain
always willing to go to war for an ally

Though Caesar’s not the man he was he’s super smart
he played himself into a lost position
caused an unexpected intervention
found himself another part to play
messenger of bad news
NATO’s defacto border where the front line is
a strategic defeat for Russia
a victory for the West
if it would come true

when you’ve been trumped you play a long game
for time’s on your side as all things decline
before he can fail, he must first succeed
cheer on success and toast him with wine

Dick Russell © Richard M Russell
                        2025

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