after Salman

bin-Salman's resume's too thin and short
to justify succession to the throne
a hundred older cousins at the court
have references lined up of their own
the Yemen quagmire can't produce a win
Farouk got toppled while he mucked about
it's easy shipping foreign armies in
but Hell's to pay to bring live soldiers out
to mess with Qatar risks new Arab splits
demolishing what Nasser had begun
the Umma fragmented to feuding bits
and evidence is scant that he's the one
his generation's never worn the crown
but this first trial balloon is going down