Organ Donor Poem by Ted Sheridan

He is the 'Prevaricator Extraordinaire'
Every breath he takes consumes as much truth
as it does clean air......
And with each breath expelled.... he beguiles
even the purest of verities......
He appears innocuously confident
to each of his quarry......
Intending only to wound not to kill his prey
He applies no guilt to the crime.....
for 'He was just joking'...I believe is his line.....
The lessons most learned by all
go unnoticed by him......
When asked to 'Swear on your Mother's eyes'
He hesitated a plausible moment of time
and then with what seemed proper respect to the dead
.....gave his notice of acceptability......

Meanwhile....somewhere
An innocent victim of his lie went blind____