Eyes With Cataracts Poem by Mark Heathcote

They came as martyrs driving Z-tanks waving red flags.
A convoy of soldiers on military-
exercises to prevent a Ukrainian collapse
to-fix-a disease before it gets pulmonary.
Artillery sent in as a visible persuader
all it says is, surrender-or-we will kill you.
"We're your brother and sisters we're-not-invaders
but once we're here, we're here to stay and take care of you."
They claim that Ukraine is a hornets' nest of fascists
and if they all submit, we might just let you live
but all these red liberating saviour maggots
should get on their bellies and pray to leave their Queen hive.
Their subjugating mother Russia their rogue nation,
shouldn't you pray for your forgiveness that of your neighbour
they-aren't-dogs they don't need or require your affirmations
it's you who are murdering criminal exterminators.
Despots like you always have eyes with cataracts
it's your body and mind that's diseased those-are-the facts.
Let's hope-we-debauch your currency, and you collapse
so we can go on living normally and relax.