The tedium of Western media shows,

As they ponder, “Where did Putin go?”

They started searching high and low,

Heads looking to and fro.

No tweets from Twitter,

No face on the ‘book,

Or any other place that they looked.

With him nowhere to be found,

The gossip starts, rumors abound.

Does he have a new mistress?

Or maybe the flu?

Or did he come down with a case of the coup?

Then Putin returns,

With a wink and a smile,

“Relax, you guys, I’ve been here all the while.”