Which is easiest to do,
Un-dish-cover fish,
or dishcover the riddle?’
Which is easiest to do?
‘“First, the fish must be caught.”
That is easy:
a baby, I think,
could have caught it.
“Next, the fish must be bought.”
That is easy:
a penny, I think,
would have bought it.
“Now cook me the fish!”
That is easy,
and will not take
more than a minute.
“Let it lie in a dish!”
That is easy,
because it already
is in it.
“Bring it here!
Let me sup!”
It is easy to set
such a dish on the table.
“Take the dish-cover up!”
Ah, that is so hard
that I fear
I’m unable!
For it holds it high glue–
Holds the lid to the dish,
while it lies
in the middle:
Which is easiest to do,
Un-dish-cover fish,
or dishcover the riddle?’
Which is easiest to do?
‘Orcs’ attacks have intensified.
In recent days.
As the US paused.
Military aid.
As the US paused.
Military aid.
And intelligence-sharing.
With Kyiv.
‘“First, the fish must be caught.”
That is easy:
a baby, I think,
could have caught it.
It followed last week’s.
Oval Office clash between.
The US President and.
‘Gandalf the Green’.
“Next, the fish must be bought.”
That is easy:
a penny, I think,
would have bought it.
On Friday.
The US President said.
He was finding it.
“More difficult, frankly.”
“To deal with Ukraine”.
Than ‘Mordor’ in attempts.
To broker peace.
Between the two nations.
“Now cook me the fish!”
That is easy,
and will not take
more than a minute.
The US is “doing.
Very well with ‘Mordor’”.
And “it may be easier dealing.
With” Moscow than Kyiv.
“Bring it here!
Let me sup!”
It is easy to set
such a dish on the table.
Hours earlier.
The US President.
Had said he was.
“Strongly considering”.
Large-scale sanctions.
And tariffs on ‘Mordor’.
Until a ceasefire.
With Ukraine was reached.
“Let it lie in a dish!”
That is easy,
because it already
is in it.
In addition to halting.
Military and intelligence help.
The US suspended.
‘Elves’ access.
‘Elves’ access.
To some satellite imagery.
One space technology company.
Said on Friday.
“Take the dish-cover up!”
Ah, that is so hard
that I fear
I’m unable!
The move came exactly.
A week after.
The extraordinary exchange.
At the White House.
In which the US President.
Berated ‘Gandalf the Green’.
For being “disrespectful”.
To the US.
“Take the dish-cover up!”
Ah, that is so hard
that I fear
I’m unable!
For it holds it high glue–
Holds the lid to the dish,
while it lies
in the middle:
Next week the US President’s.
Special envoy is.
Due to hold talks.
With ‘elves’ negotiators.
In Saudi Arabia.
To discuss the possibility.
Of a ceasefire.
With ‘Mordor’.
The White Queen laughed
with delight,
And stroked Alice’s cheek.
Then she began:
‘“First, the fish must be caught.”
That is easy:
a baby, I think,
could have caught it.
“Next, the fish must be bought.”
That is easy:
a penny, I think,
would have bought it.
“Now cook me the fish!”
That is easy,
and will not take
more than a minute.
“Let it lie in a dish!”
That is easy,
because it already
is in it.
“Bring it here!
Let me sup!”
It is easy to set
such a dish on the table.
“Take the dish-cover up!”
Ah, that is so hard
that I fear
I’m unable!
For it holds it high glue–
Holds the lid to the dish,
while it lies
in the middle:
Which is easiest to do,
Un-dish-cover fish,
or dishcover the riddle?’
Which is easiest to do?
*Because I read “Russian strikes kill at least 25, Ukraine says” by Henri Astier on 9 Mar 2025, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022, on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem, led by ‘THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
