Under A Truck Or Bus (Alternate Facts) Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

'My client emphatically states,
Of being with others...
As an unwilling participant,
In the mud slinging.
And thought of it done to be,
No more than a foolish prank.
Too childish for adults to do.
Knowing now in retrospective,
How serious this activity...
Had been percepted.
And admits regret.
However...
As to creating the mud.
Which my client has been said,
To have made and is accused...
Are false allegations.
And my client,
Has recused himself...
From heading this witch hunt,
To know it a stunt by skunks...
Wishing to diminish,
His credibility, integrity.
And his reputation,
Back at the frat house.
Since my client did swear...
As you all previously heard,
Him do under oath...
Of having no memory to recall,
That placed him in his office.
Privately with anyone,
To approve the consistency...
Of the mud to be slung.'

No knowledge at all?

'None!
My client believed,
During that meeting...
It had been cement.'

Cement?
To use for what purpose?

'To ensure,
When they were thrown...
Those knocked out,
Would then be dragged...
Under a moving truck or bus.'

Uh...
Your client realizes,
The choosing to use...
Alternate facts,
Could more than just jeopardize
His popularity inside,
The frat house.
But devastate his reputation,
Completely.

'Have you gazed upon,
The face of my client?
And that boyish grin?
Who in their right mind,
Would sentence him to prison?
He...
From the day he was born,
Was clearly marked to live life
Victimized.'