Perverting the Power of Pardon

Perverting the presidential power

Of pardon isn't hard to do

When you're Trump and the FBI

Happens to be your bugaboo.

 

Corner a rat, and it will attack.

Corner Trump, and he'll lash out.

Take your pick of how many

Institutions he will flout.

 

It's easy to see that when you have

So many crooks and thugs in your nook,

Observers will start to conclude that you--

Surprise!--also look like a crook.

Trump: the great manipulator.

Watch how he begs, steals, and barters.

Watch how proud he is at how

He can create victims and martyrs.

 

Arpaio, Libby, D'Souza and others--

Some convicted of the same

Crimes that people surrounding Trump

Might be charged with. What's his aim?

 

If Trump's people maintain their silence

And keep investigators guessing,

After they've served their master well,

The dangling pardon will be their blessing.

 

Another attack on our judicial

System is Trump's current M.O.

A pardon a day keeps trouble away

In Trump's daily reality show.

 

-by Bob B (6-1-18)