The dictator is deteriorating
Increasingly alone
At home and abroad
His end will come
Things can only go so far
People can only take so much
Dictators often grow old in office
Becoming more convinced of their infallibility
Purging opponents and critics alike
Until nobody is left to argue
Ah, the arrogance of long-term command
Lots of yes-men hang around
Nobody wants to bring bad news
Dictators become increasingly ill-informed
And so Putin went to war
With delusional beliefs
And much too full of self
He thought Ukraine would fold
He thought Zelensky would run
He thought his army was better
He didn’t think the West could unite in opposition
Now Putin knows he’s overreached
But dictators don’t admit mistakes
Orders his army to flatten cities
No matter how much blood it takes
His dreams of grandeur must be gone
Peter the Great he’s clearly not
We once saw Putin’s Russia strong
Now all we see is rot
But how to trap a nuke-wielding rat
From the outside a tough game
Mother Russia, we call on you
Please end this dictator’s reign
Waipahu Bob 