Although it wasn’t shock and awe
Nor action that we all foresaw
It did, though, violate the law
Since Russia did Ukraine invade
And Putin proclamations made
That DONBAS hosted sovereign states
Luhansk and Donetsk, he declared
Republics that no longer fared
As part of Ukraine’s land they shared
But no authority has he
Himself to issue such decrees
Defying Ukraine’s sovereignty
“Peace keepers” Putin named the force
He sent to DONBAS, but, of course,
It was invasion; no remorse
Some sanctions Biden will impose
Deferring harsher ones; he chose
To try deterrence; though he knows
That shock and awe we’ll likely see
When Putin sets his forces free
The Ukraine as their enemy
2/21/2022
