An Honourable Exit                                            


            They said it was an act of spite –

            The pretty ex-piranhas
            And the kids who benefited 
            From his loot and now
            Would have an even greater slice
            To share – 

            Or hate

            But at the funeral 
            When they had drenched
            My lips with crocodile tears
            I thought that it was right
            For him to sacrifice a living death
            And save his skin
            By taking what was left 

            Before too late


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            Emanuel E. García, A Deeper Symmetry2014