Kukryniksy
(Russian, founded 1924)
Samuil Iakovlevich Marshak
(Born Voronezh, 1887; died Moscow, 1964)

Il Obese Duce, TASS No. 0733, June 9, 1943

Stencil
1484 x 1195 mm
1.
The ruler of Italy,
Il Duce Mussolini
Had neither hair
Nor thin waist.

2.
Having lost Eritrea,
Somalia and Libya,
Il Duce became leaner
And even balder.

3.
In vicious battles in the east,
He suffered cruel defeat.
Having lost his army,
He became a little bowed.

4.
After each new report,
He thinned like a consumptive.
After the battle for Tunisia
He really lost his nerve.

5.
So, thinning little by little,
He turned into a pancake.
Ne boltai! Collection, Obj: 205826