Vladimir komarov

Ablation
Metal plate flayed
Parachute deployment betrayed
Hear shield absorption
rate exceeded
Increased acceleration
Atmospheric buffering
Stuttering digits
Sluggish responses
Coms down
Bound
and shouting
Doubting
Eventually found
and displayed
in bad taste,
a glass case
Exhibited
Red flags for
dead rags
Blackened husk
Parades in red square
to placate the bear
and Gagarin's saviour
Who,
at his end,
earned the right
to condemn,
despite their elation,
the state
of the so called great,
soviet nation