Ah to ponder:
To consider potential which is doomed,
To survey cynically crafted success,
To observe, inanimate, lonely people, waiting to die
To see a man speak the truth at any cost
but be cast a misguided fool regardless
To witness a lugubriously mediocre brigand
pillage your coffers with a smile, and be hailed as an upstanding citizen
To see lies piled on top of lies,
until all but the most cynical men beg to be deceived,
Is to have a gun to your head,
and be unsure whether to ask for release or reprieve