Capitol Crime

Capitol crime, capitol punishment

Do the crime do the time

We are full of little platitudes like that

What about the innocent who may be killed

They will tell you that the percentage is so small

As not to worry about it

I'll bet the innocent does plenty of worrying

Before he breaths his last

How about the children who go to outdated, run down

Unsafe schools with out of date books

They will tell you that nothing can be done without raising taxes

And you know how popular an idea that is

They will tell you most anything they think you want to hear

To just get elected

And then fail in very large part to keep any of their campaign promises

Like our current pro-life president.

How pro-life is he now

A disaster strikes in God knows where

And we send in workers an a few hundred million dollars to help out

While not three miles from my house homes were flooded

Six lives were lost and someone from FEMA says

There isn't enough money to buy these people out of their flood and fire ravaged homes

How can this be you ask

We can help foreign countries and not our own people

They will deny that politics is in any way involved

That beloved twenty century philosopher POGO said

We have met the enemy and they are us

August 8, 2001

(This is another of Joanne Doyle's poems.  I guess Saturdays are not my best days, so I ask your forgiveness.  but please read this carefully and observe the date)