XIII.— TWO THIEVES  &  A YUGO
(a free translation)

Two crooks were fighting over a stolen Yugo:
one wanted to keep it, the other to sell it.
While gun barrels itched in their holsters,
while our heroes tried to psyche each other out,
a third felon snuck inside the car
and seized the wheel of this luxury vehicle.

Sometimes a small country is like the Yugo.
Sometimes petty warlords are like those thieves.
Think about Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia, for example.
Instead of two crooks, you’ve got three presidents—
such stupid thugs are common as dirt.
Their brawls rarely conquer much mud, however.
Another, nastier tyrant will pilfer the lemon.

Jean de la Fontaine