We have a severe sock shortage,
and those don't match up in shape;
Two pairs of wellies are beyond repair,
and we are sick of all the wind and rain.
I hate the two armchairs in the living room,
but just can't seem to fix that space,
and the myth perseveres of Putin being a human,
and descended from a Kyivian birthplace.
If they are one people, if his claim is true,
maybe it is for the Kyivians to choose or not to choose
to stretch their coat of arms in line with Moscow's view,
and make Ukrainians of the Russians, one people out of two.
They would be free to spend their time then, day to day,
sorting socks and buying wellies, hating armchairs;
running out of washing capsules, washing anyway,
being late for soccer training, ignoring all the ware;
paying for the car tax; the cat's next vaccination.
No time to spare to prepare for Russia's mad invasion.
