The Beggar

Epigrammata LVII

Don’t worry Vlad, we’re all beggars now. [Susah Walsh/Pool/Getty Images]

An actor by trade, and of talent great
Politics came to him as it were, first rate
A prodigy of sorts -- cross dressing too
Drag was once comedy, don't know if you knew;
Dresses in fatigues, a dictator's guise
Not yet a bad one, at first they are nice!
A war they can't afford, in material or men
His peace plan is victory, he says with a grin
Begging is acting, "so bring the cash in!"