A decent man indeed was Gorbachev
You could see it in his face his honest soul
He wanted the top job to do some good
Glasnost perestroika on a role
Overtaken by events he then resigned
And earned a pretty penny out on tour
A philosophy of openness and kind
A better time we had with him in power
Putin I hoped might be the same
But he was KGB different game
His enemies are poisoned put in jail
Shot on the street and nobody to wail
He speaks like a bully and a boss
And Russia needed sorting that is true
Chaos followed communism’s loss
In came the policeman watch it you!
Autocrats dictators lose the plot
They heed no counsel do it on their own
Even God is a blessed trinity
Life is communion not a throne
Brian Fahy
20 April 2022
Erris Poetry 