Collusion on the bridge
Deep Throat in the garage
At two in the morning
Espionage and subterfuge
Make for intrigue
tomorrow
There always the urge
To preserve the status quo
Even if it is slipping
Into insanity
Power corrupts the vulnerable demented
Brilliant or focused
On goals that mean so much to me
Wounding justice
Crippling freedom
Spying on the citizenry
Paranoid and vindictive
Certain in their victory
Trump and Nixon
Surmounted the rule of law
Behaving like they were immune kings
When they were actually temporary stewards
Of the nation’s presidential office
Not to be confused
With dictators
Or authoritarians politicizing the police
And our intelligence community
© 2017 Claude Mayers