At last, the West awakens!

At  last, the West awakens!

The Russian tyrant has gone berserk—
Sends armies out to murder and destroy.
He rallies the forces of evil.

In old Ukraine, the democratic leader stands.
Free people in their bravery stand and fight.
They are heroes of the West.

Western nations rush to arm Ukraine
And to hobble the Russian tyrant—
But not to fight.

The Hearts of all people rise with Ukraine.
If Ukraine falls, the hearts of all will fall.
We need their bravery.

The West must see.  We can’t let bravery die.
We don’t have time for a Cold War.
We have a hot world to save.

Now is the showdown.
Deliver the ultimatum to the tyrant!
And if he defies, advance!

Let us mass in our might on the Russian line.
We say to the suffering Russian people,
We have no quarrel with you.

We have come for your tyrant.
Send him out.
Or stand aside.

Remember when then-President Trump embarrassed us in front of the Russian tyrant?

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Robin Cravey is a Texas poet, publisher, citizen, and lawyer. As editor and publisher if Tilted Planet Press, he has published several books of poems, including Diverging, I am a Comet, and Benchmarks. His book Watermarks has been serialized on the Austin Sierran website. A sixth-generation Texan, Robin grew up in Houston, loving tall trees, big clouds, girls, Omar Khayyam, Carl Sandberg, and Walt Whitman. He came to Austin to attend UT, loving clear water, peyote, taxicabs, women, newspapers, hitchhiking, Marcus Aurelius, and William O. Douglas. He married and had kids, loving Dr. Suess, Star Trek, Baghavad Gita, Mohandas Gandhi, and Macintosh. Eventually he volunteered way too much, published books, ran a business, fought city hall, went to law school, worked at city hall, ran a small law office, ran for public office. In recent years he has divided his time between Austin and Providence, Rhode Island, loving Wayland Square, bicycling, and long train rides.

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