Martha Stewart was full of ideas.
They were all “a good thing”.
And then she told one lie
to the F.B.I.
Martha Stewart roused no hate.
Martha Stewart was not a saint.
Nor are you nor I.
But she did not steal nuclear info,
plans of defense and attack during war,
or national secrets meant to restore
safety and security forevermore.
She did not pose a threat
to those who now protect
every city, state and shore.
She did not place in question
our entire nation’s protection.
She told one lie and admitted her fault.
Off to prison she went and never balked.
Five months in prison, five months confined
at home, and a $30,000 fine.
Now, tell me why, for the love of country
why he cannot go to prison for repeatedly
telling lies and stealing a nation’s secrets
and threatening to destroy our nation
and its ability to stay safe and strong?
Do we have a king and not a man?
Have we misunderstood this all along?
His title was MISTER President; not
your highness. Have you forgot?
Does he have a rule that never ends?
What is he then?
Better than a common criminal?
Better than you or me?
Better than keeping our nation free?
Better than a democracy
of the people, by the people, for the people?
Tell me who we are, then.
If not a people who rule themselves
subject only to the rule of law.
Never subject to a criminal who shelves
the safety of our nation in a bathroom,
ballroom, or resort.
I await your retort.
Stop the nonsense that he cannot be jailed.
Of course he can, and so could we
if we engaged in such perfidy.
