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# Faithful to Putin, One Hundred Percent
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/branden-koch-faithful-to-putin-one-hundred-percent/
- Published: 2018-08-04T14:00:12.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:09:57.000Z
- Description: Don't trust what you read. Don't trust what you see.
- Author: Branden Koch
- Tags: Art, Drawing, Weekend, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-18 14:37 (2018)

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Branden Koch, “He Sat and He Sat and He Sat” (2018), ink on paper, 10 x 9 inches (courtesy of the artist)

I meant what I said  
And I said what I meant.  
I’ll stay faithful to Vlad  
One hundred percent.

And he sat and he sat  
And he sat and he sat.

No matter what happens  
The boss must be protected  
I would not never say “wouldn’t”  
I could not, no I just couldn’t.

And he sat and he sat  
And he sat and he sat.

Don’t trust what you read.  
Don’t trust what you see,  
When two and two make five  
In four long years of make believe.

And he sat and he sat  
And he sat and he sat.

*(Written with the help of Dr. Seuss and George Orwell)*