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Alison Stine

INSANE: Viral poems in a time of war | Rare Historical Photos

AnnaLynne McCord and Amanda Gorman Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images

The first day Vladimir Putin sent troops to invade Ukraine, actor AnnaLynne McCord thrust herself onto the internet stage by reciting a poem she had written addressed to the Russian President. With sing-song rhyme, random capitalization and phrases like "fealty" and "Imbue Ascription," she expressed wistful sadness that she had not been Putin's mother: "born too late . . .  I would have loved you so." If only she could have snuggled him into being a better person.

Way to blame a war started by a man on mothers. Perhaps she'd been reading Freud. 

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