“Biden nixes Keystone pipeline, approves Russian pipeline.”--2021
Wolfgang drove up to
The Sign of the Star
And a smiling attendant
Leaned into his car.
(He wore a Red Star
On his fuzzy brown cap
And a Misha-Bear patch
Over each pocket flap.)
“Fill’er up Comrade?
What will it be?
We welcome your business—
And, as you can see,
Whatever you ask for
Is what you will get,
From “KGB No-Knock,”
“Supreme Soviet,”
To “Regular Red Star”
Or new “Borsch-ohol,”
We’ll even deliver—
Just give us a call.”
“Ja wohl!” shouted Wolfgang
“What have we to fear?
For clearly it seems
You have no shortage here!”
Soon customers flocked there
From near and afar
To fill up their tanks
At the Sign of the Star—
His prices were always
The lowest around,
And soon Ivan’s station
Was the only in town.
(See Ivan was shrewd
And did well understand
An immutable law of
Supply and demand:
If you have the supply
And your price is the best,
In time you will prosper
And crowd out the rest.)
Now in time it developed
(as might be predicted)
The whole German nation
Became quite addicted;
They needed ole Ivan
Too badly it seemed,
And too late discovered
How Ivan had schemed.
For Ivan foresaw what
The Germans most lacked
And knew he could profit
From one simple fact—
The oil he supplied was
The very foundation,
The blood of the German
Industrial nation;
And he who dispensed it
Could simply control
The life of his customers
Body and soul.
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And over the years
It did come to pass
They relied on ole Ivan
For far more than gas:
Their heating oil, kerosene,
Crude and no-knock
All came to them straight
From the communist bloc.
Without Ivan’s blessing
Their cars wouldn’t go,
Nor could they survive in
The cold winter’s snow;
Their factories, schools,
And government too,
All ran on his schedule,
For everyone knew
The power to oil
Was the power to kill
And the whole German country
Now bowed to his will!
(And soon ev’ry German
Wore a fuzzy brown cap
With cute little Mishas
On each pocket flap.)
“His newest book, The Wind and the Spirit (Stories of Faith and Inspiration)” was released in 2011 with all the author’s royalties go to support the Carmelite sisters.”