Sycophants

a poem by Jan Oskar Hansen

The breeze isn’t gentle it’s a
slap across the face by a
tart’s slack tits in a badly lit
room without central heating.

Two woolly jumpers, scarf
and a belly full of whisky,
but nothing keeps me from
becoming an old cynic.

The sight of Europe’s leaders
scampering about to pay pliant
tributes to the new cold war
warrior in the White House.