With proceedings underway to impeach and

Senate yet to pronounce verdict to unseat

A clown perpetrates a crisis in the interim

Amidst the political landscape of Middle East

Snuffing out an officer at top echelons of armed forces

On unsubstantiated pretext of planning attacks

Of diversionary intent so disingenuous,

This strategy smacks

Crippling a nation with illegitimate sanctions

By scuttling a pact and ruffling feathers

Naive the bully was, in taking cudgels against

An adversary, assuming they were pushovers

Over the casket of slain general, the country vowed

To slap the aggressor in the face and in outrage wept

Through a shower of ballistic missiles on Usanian air bases

Promise of a retaliatory strike, the Persians kept

Allegations of asymmetric warfare they ascribe

Whilst practicing doctrine of invading nations on the sly,

Ensconced with military bases across the Persian Gulf, to

Meddle in proxy wars on foreign soils alongside their allies

Though good sense prevailed, no more armed conflict

Underlined the President’s speech

Nevertheless, the House of Representatives legislated

Curtailing power to launch military action beyond his reach