Exceptions Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Exceptions...
Are dispensed all the time.
By those in positions,
Given authority to be selective...
To change what has already been defined.

Exceptions are granted...
Depending on the excuses,
Others can find.
And awarded they are,
To those with the same frame of mind.
With a forgiving of whatever it is that is done.
Or whomever has become affected,
By the one who has been accepted...
As an exception to overlook.

To then be regarded as a 'slight' imperfection,
Others with equal flaws and blemishes...
Would have long ago been rejected.
To experience shame and a life lived in regret.