Outrageous Allegations Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Those who take positions,
To claim to be in complete control...
Yet not to know who is responsible,
For cleaning up the trash...
Left at their doorstep and does not ask,
On a day it has not been swept...
Or professes not to have noticed,
Although continues to expect...
Accountability from those hired to inspect,
Either hides a lie told...
To believe any explanation is acceptable,
When delivering hollow speeches...
To the ones expected to pay maintenance fees,
With a keeping of all entrances cleared of debis.
But claims with innocence to be deceived...
By one who has been sworn to follow orders,
Only!

'I apparently have been betrayed.'

~By who or whom? ~

'I have apologized.
Isn't that enough?
Haven't I endured public embarrassment?
With a showing of humiliation? '

~Yes.
Everyone acknowledges that.
But...
That trash has appeared on your doorstep,
At least for three days. Four months ago.
Who else lives beyond that doorstep? '

'I am not here to answer to your suspicions.
Or respond to such outrageous allegations.'

~Will you admit,
Having complete control...
Has its defects.
And your radar screen has severe flaws?
What other reasons would you have,
For appointing people you can not trust...
To mop, dust and clean? ~