by Alex Steelsmith

Vladimir Putin “attended an Easter mass conducted by the Russian Orthodox Church… (He) stood to one side… holding a lit red candle,… crossed himself several times during the ceremony… (and) joined the other members of the congregation” in prayer.
—Reuters

Jiggery-pokery,
Putin the slaughterer
holding a candle and
praying? Egad!

Many a monster of
Mephistophelian
infamy can’t hold a
candle to Vlad.

Doubledy-troubledy
Putin the slaughterer,
tyrant who rules at a
terrible cost,

trying his best to seem
unhypocritical,
crossed himself—and, to be
sure, double-crossed.