find his sling-back pumps
, Gorbachev prepared for love.
Across town, Putin waited
for his ship to
arrive, carrying his beloved
Borzoi, Ivan, the meanest
mongrel West of Siberia.
Next to Putin, naturally.
“Ahh! Ivan my comrade!”
Ivan said nothing, glaring
because he could not talk,
owing to the tracheotomy
a Stasi surgeon had
perfected on dogs. However,
he had a collar
saying “World’s Cutest Poochie”
and wore blue rainboots
and a strawberry blonde
wig that glittered seductively.
Thus, he overcame his