Helsinki

Helsinki hosted Putin and his bitch
who came to fetch new orders from the boss
the world hoped for an aviation glitch;
had both gone down in flames, 'twould be no loss.
The rubles laundered through the NRA
were never mentioned. Would it be uncouth
or spoil the mood, to interrupt foreplay
by interjecting any word of truth?
A century of U.S. influence
ephemeral as Dorothy Gayle's dream
discarded in Trump's gross incompetence
goes dark, like the last freeze-frame on the screen.
Proud bear shows off the doting pet he's got
who dances on his chain of kompromat