The referendum will offer two choices, neither one of them “no.” —The New York Times
The ballot was designed to show That they should change the status quo. It listed two ways they might go, But didn’t have a box for “no.”
The vote turned Putin all aglow: Plain folks had dealt Ukraine a blow— In democratic vote, although They didn’t have a box for “no.”
Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”