ukraine. and with vladimir putin s new and intense missile barrage. in kyiv, a fragile calm shattered by bomb after bomb after bomb. air raid sirens sending residents sprinting for shelter. wide ranging attacks striking at least ten cities across ukraine in the country s west. the south, the center and the east. and it killed civilians, 11 right now, that we know of. and knocking critical infrastructure offline. in kyiv, motels like this, a pedestrian bridge engulfed by an explosion. subway platforms filled with people seen or calling back to the very early days of vladimir putin s bloody war. elsewhere, i rush to put out cars on fire. black smoke, choking blue sky, life again on hold because of those bombs. ukraine s president said putin showed the world today he s a terrorist. the russian dictator making a brief appearance on t vis said the strikes were in response to a supply line. and putin promising more fire and brimstone should ukraine go after russian targets. trans
Usual readers– both of you, and a few relatives who sometimes read to see if I “got it right” may remember that a month ago, I decided to put my “quill back in the …
The ditty written long ago is more accurate today than when pen met parchment. The exact wording may not be 100% accurate, but here’s how I remember its four lines: