Puppeteers & Puppets…
Sooty nods in silence,
His countenance to keep.
The other squeaks his obeisance,
The rather agitated Sweep.
Both of them are controlled by the hands and the mind
Of a puppeteer, their freedom restricted,
Their movements controlled,
Their behaviour scripted
And to their passivity and conformity they are totally resigned…
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| SOOTY & SWEEP: PUPPETS... |
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| HARRY CORBETT: PUPPETEER... |
Subordinate nods in silence,
His countenance to keep.
The other stutters his obeisance,
His overt trepidation deep.
Both of them are controlled by the eyes and the mind
Of a puppeteer, their freedom restricted,
Their movements controlled,
Their rhetoric scripted
And to their deference and servility they are totally resigned…
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| LAVROV: PUPPET... |
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| NARYSHKIN: PUPPET... |
Pete Ray
7th March 2022
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| VLADIMIR PUTIN: FINGER PUPPETEER... |
Vladimir Putin reminds me of Harry Corbett, whose hand-puppets Sooty and Sweep were controlled by the puppeteer.
Putin’s puppets, Sergey Naryshkin, head of the Russian foreign intelligence agency, who was publicly dressed down by his leader recently and the stolid Minister for Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergeî Lavrov are also controlled by their puppeteer…
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