Canto XV

for Sodomites, there's no opprobrium
the Comedy of Dante bares no teeth
he greets his friends by asks not how they come
to dwell not up on high but underneath
for other sins, the punishment's doled out
in increments that seem proportionate
but in this circle readers come to doubt
the author feels true justice has been met
new heights of infamy as one goes down
the ninth's reserved for reprobates who dwell
with traitors against parent, God and Crown
the bottom is the pinnacle of Hell
the Tenth yawns empty 'til Dick Cheney dies
to be complete, the scheme lacks Prince of Lies