Should we insist on criminal candidates
with rap sheets “long as your arm”?
It would be quicker and eliminate
bickering
when, with time, we find they do harm.
Knowing they're crooks right from the
get-go
might, at last, require us to let go
of illusions about “our side's” morality,
or force us to face the sad reality
that opportunistic politicians presume impunity,
assuming they have been granted immunity.
In fact, few give a rap about the community.
Whether first's last or last is first,
winners and losers are equally
worst.
Perhaps that is why all life is
cursed?