the threat much closer – v6 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #Russia #collapse #Putin #freedom #coup #coupdetat #threat #fear #paranoia #Kremlin #sin #stain #innocentblood

Bad news building, growing for Putin,
Iran has been hit, reprisals.
Syria has fallen, allies falling…
Ukraine developed ballistic missiles,
An ally shot dead in Moscow…
What does that portend for the future?
sand almost out of the hourglass...
 
How his demons must call him, shrieking,
in the darkness, taunting him beyond midnight,
Does he know them? Does he know their names?
Does it matter what he has been drinking?
finding him alone in the bunker, his cell,
nowhere to go, to escape from his night terrors…
 
His living nightmares, like the snares on Pilate,
haunted daily by their innocent blood,
as Bulgakov shared so well, tormented…
His ego captured, in fear, in distance,
keeping everyone away from him,
more than at arm’s length…
 
No, he doesn’t have to fear Ukraine, NATO,
an outside aggressor, a foreign enemy,
The threat is much closer, truly,
within the walls of his gilded dungeon,
sometimes as close as breath,
a dagger pushed into his chest…
 
His days are numbered, his life borrowed,
their curses already spoken, a mist, a fog…
The coup will come, in an instant, suddenly,
when he least expects it, sooner,
rising from the Kremlin itself,
from its very walls…
 
Will he groan, “Et tu, Brute?”
When a friend turns the knife…
Will blood fall from his lip,
frozen in mid-air, juxtaposed
with his shocked amazement,
that they got so close…
 
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Edited December 2, 2025
the threat much closer – v6
 
Edited September 25, 2024
History will curse him – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/history-will-curse-him-v2.html
Edited September 25, 2024
His fall will be epic – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/his-fall-will-be-epic-v2.html  
September 24, 2024
Twitter post by Roman Sheremeta
https://x.com/rshereme/status/1838598704401457311
“One of the main russian propagandists Solovyev suggests
Putin's resignation, blaming the russian leadership for failures at the frontline.”
Edited September 23, 2024
A lost war of aggression – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-lost-war-of-aggression-v2.html
Edited September 23, 2024
Like a house of cards – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/like-house-of-cards-v2.html
Edited September 23, 2024
The weight of his failure – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-weight-of-his-failure-v2.html
September 22, 2024
Article by Carole Cadwalladr in The Guardian -
“Putin regime will collapse without warning, says freed gulag dissident”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/putin-regime-will-collapse-without-warning-says-freed-gulag-dissident
September 20, 2024
Article by Tom Watling in The Independent -
“The downfall of Putin is inevitable, says freed dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vladimir-kara-murza-putin-russia-strategy-ukraine-b2615884.html
September 21, 2024
BBC Newscast - Interview: Vladimir Kara-Murza On Life In A Russian Prison
Laura Kuenssberg - full interview with Vladimir Kara-Murza and his wife Evgenia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0js0cx1?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
 
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