current events: President Fires General

The nakedness of our pretense was momentarily exposed,

by a professional assassin, a “tough” guy, who made the mistake of talking too much,

And (How uncouth!) getting drunk with those he was supposed to be supervising!

But he was made to answer to the urbane man in a suit,

he who is oh so liberal and progressive with his open shirt collar,

--And, oh, so civilized!---But, oh, no less a murderer,

every bit as much a killer as the talkative tough guy.

When any hint of our brutality escapes,

we must maintain the pretense of civility.

Was the talkative general a threat to democracy?

As if the government were democratic!

As if the killing and maiming and destroying that goes on in foreign lands,

were all done for "the good of the people" or done in “defense”…

While the simple fact is:

There are some things we do not say in public;

But we can do any damn thing we please.