A sign of the times …

 A Ditty Composed During Insomnia at the Brink of Possible War

Now I lay me down to sleep.

Nations have promises to keep,

And Ukraine restless in their beds

With Russian guns up to their heads.n

Oh we would win, so it would seem,

The news-man says with eyes agleam,

Yet Ukraine's restless in their beds

With Russian guns up to their heads.

The blessed nuns are praying much

For peace and love and such and such,

Yet Ukraine's restless in their beds

With godless guns up to their heads.

We'll yet again prepare for war,

To keep the Russians from our door

Oh bless the Ukraine in our stead 

With all those guns up to their heads.

By Jennifer Knox