Tunnels closed, a paused rat race,
Rush hour traffic deviated
The pace of Brussels syncopated!
Airport put on high alert
Unwary travellers to avert
In a word - tension and high drama
For the arrival of Obama!
All eyes and the world’s Press turn
To this President in his second term
Whistle-stop trip: NATO HQ
To Great War graves in Flanders too.
A carefully engineered occasion
With politicians of all persuasion
But King Philip, worried about his brother*,
Represents this State – no other.
Bill Clinton long ago came here
Strolled round the Sablon, had a beer
But Security is now so tight
Obama skips Brussels by night.
The costs for such a trip are high
But vital – if Barack should die
The target of a sniper’s gun
Brussels E.U. role is done!
(c) Poet in the woods 2014
* Prince Laurent was in hospital
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