by Julia Griffin

“Greenland says red lines [on sovereignty] must be respected as Trump says US will have ‘total’ access to island”
—The Guardian

(With apologies to Blake)

And did some cheat in ancient time
Rob the US of Land that’s Green?
And does that weak, woke NATO squad
Still think their whines are worth one bean?

And did this new crusade of mine
Engulf the news with threats of drills?
And did Jeff Epstein’s name disappear,
With all those dumb, Transparent bills?

I should have had that prize of gold,
Just like Obama’s only higher,
Not secondhand and four months old;
But since you robbed me, feel my ire:

I shall not cease from spouting spite
At Danes who’d block what I demand,
Till we succeed in sluicing them
From Greenland’s should-be ICE-y Land.