Bush & Company

(Vladimir Putin, Russian prime minister-designate, is to be named to that office May 7, 2008. Under an altered system, the prime minister will wield more power than the president)

The Russians have a new p.m.,
A patriarch to govern them
Or likelier, to rule by fear
All those regarded not his peer,

While in a stylish world apart,
The progeny of famous men
Enjoy those benefits that start
With that same power seen yet again.

The round repeats, history has shown,
In every age, in mny a land
And such a nation could be known
As one that parallels our own.