Two men and a woman set out on the perilous sea of European Union, trying mightily to save the Euro, save the Eurozone, save the dream of a unified socialist Europe that is rapidly crumbling around their ears. Merkel, Cameron and Hollande are their names, but we know them as Wynken, Blynken and Nod.

Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night

Set out in a wooden tub

To form them a perfect Union

Will it work? Ah there’s the rub

The Germans thought the Schlieffen plan

Would solve things overnight

But von Kluck turned before the Marne

A tragic oversight

Another try, this time with tanks

It worked fine at the start

At Stalingrad they had once more

Put horse behind the cart

But now the dream of Charlemagne

Of Europe in one house

With Germany the husband and

The others all a spouse

Frau Merkel with a twinkling eye

See her poll ratings spike

If she can pull it off this time

A new thousand year Reich