Poem: I HAVE A DREAM (Satis Shroff)

Subtitle: Disinformation

Zeitgeistlyrik: I HAVE A DREAM
Subtitle: Disinformation
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I HAVE A DREAM (Satis Shroff)</b>
<i>Subtitle: Disinformation</i>
I have a dream
A dream of a bigger Russia,
Says a would-be Tzar,
As he looks at himself
In front of the mirror.
It was a long journey,
From the KGB’s Department of Espionage.
I was in East Germany from 1975 till 1982,
Where I learned German.
I liked the Stasi colleagues.
<i>Lawrov who stands nearby:
Yes, President., smart fellows.
They shot many Germans fleeing to the West.
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In 1998 I was the Director
Of the Internal Secret Service-FSB.
In 1999 I became the Director
Of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Underway I’ve mastered the martial arts,
Where you learn tactics and strategy.
I learned a lot about human psychology.
And broke the power of the oligarchs.
In 2001 I told the Bundestag in German:
‘Der Kalte Krieg ist vorbei.’
The Cold War is over.
Little did they know what I had in mind.
<b>Lawrov says:
‘<i>Yours is a great mind, Mr. President.
Or shall I say Tzar?’</i>
  
Nyet.
Not yet but the time will come.
I admit power politics is my métier.
My method of ruling is Putinism.
I ‘ve learned to hold the reins.
The fall of the Soviet Union
Was the biggest catastrophe of the century.
  
As the war was waring in Chechenya,
I promised my countrymen:
‘The time of loss is over.’
My folks don’t want war
With Ukraine and the West.
  I know a war brings the economy down.
And daily life too.
But Russia’s going to be a great power,
Like in the times of the Tzar
And the Soviet Union.
It’s a great challenge.
  
Lawrov: <i>Da, my President.
A great heritage, indeed.</i>
  
2014 was the time for Crimea to fall.
I took Crimea without bloodshed.
Though Ukraine is fighting,
It’s only a matter of time.
I see the fear in their eyes.
I’m going to reset the past.
I have a dream of freeing Europe
From the nazi threat.
  
Halt! Ukraine is being run
By a Jewish humorist,
Who was given the role of a President,
Like in his TV series.
I have to admit he’s doing well,
Full of melodramatic speeches,
That’s his genre.
He knows nothing about martial arts.
He’s always on podcasts, TV and short-films,
Playing the patriot and hero.
I’ll have to teach him a lesson.
  The people of Ukraine should be thankful
I’m saving the eastern part of Donbass
From Ukraine’s military aggression.
I accuse Ukraine of genocide.
It was also developed nuclear weapons.
  
<i>Lawro: Mr. President, we can’t do that.
You’re taking the script from Iraq.</i>
  
I don’t care, says almighty Putin.
I have a dream
Of putting the red banner
In all the capitals of Europe.
  
The Ukraine is peanuts.
My dream is America.
I want to change history,
And dictate the terms of surrender
Of my foes.
  Look at Xi Jinping of China:
We have a common cause
Against American forces,
And economic might.
We have a no-limits friendship.
The list will grow with time.
  
<i>Lawrov: Yes, Mr. President.
We’ll do good business with China.
They have everything we need.
We don’t need the west.
We have the East as true friends.</i>
  
American newspapers and media
Find me insolent, contemptuous, disdainful.
They are all weaklings.
What George Bush did in Iraq
Is similar to what I’m doing now.
A pity Trump is no longer
In the White House.
He’d dance to my tune.
  
<i>Mr. President, says Lawrov:
We are being isolated because of sanctions.</i>
  
Ach! Sanctions won’t be effective.
When I stop Nordsteam One and Two,
The Europeans will freeze next winter,
And beg for mercy and oil.
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©satisshroff