Laika burned alive
Laika burned alive [there
overhead] & Soviets lied –
Their apolitical stray was
handed a commission to
Sit – A politburo’s mission
to ire Yanks of no animals
were harmed – [as picture
houses rolled out titles &
in a script a hero killed an
army of Martians – & Elvis
Presley gyrated for Ed] &
Laika’s craft deteriorated
& Cold War men twitched
& an egotist on both sides
fixed a medal on a hero’s
suit [one was not pinned]