A country with a delicate core

Puritannical ... need I say more?

Will attempt to reconcile all it sees

And will consider well the deeds



Charges of perjury, obstruction, abuse

So many elements now on the loose

Leading to only the third time since

A new country came to be - in print



First they tried it with old Andrew Johnson ...

When he made an attempt to unseat Stanton

Then they made yet another after Watergate

(No doubt would've gotten Nixon out of state)



But Gerald Ford pardoned the top executive

And so Tricky Dick managed to avoid the missive 

Even though his crimes were truly impeachable

But these ... well ... they're just unteachable ...



Lies ... misleading ... both public and legal eagles

All over definitions of indulged sexual credos ...

Whether an intercourse really takes place ...

When touch is limited to a certain space ...



Silliness ... both with respect to the act ...

And to lie about it to try and maintain tact

Both are elements which should not have occurred   

At least ... certainly not by a President, and then heard



But then to commit perjury and thus to obstruct justice

Perhaps is just as awful as having done it, plus there's

Now evidence of abuse of power to destroy a young girl

To make it seem she was a tramp and crazy as well ...



This is the crime the Puritannical heart ...

Will now consider as it makes a start ...

On assessing the man they elected to run

A great nation - who's now under the gun



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

8:45pm Wed. Dec. 9th, 1998