Pardon Snowden!

Retirement loosened Eric Holder's tongue
conceding Edward Snowden might be right
the man he'd wanted gagged and tried and hung
looks more heroic in a layman's light
he'd never shown a prosecutor's zeal
preferring talks on sociology
expounding how injustice made him feel
but leaving Zimmerman to walk Scot-free
democracy's reliant on such leaks
for citizenry to exert due sway
a government that acts but never speaks
de facto takes our sovereignty away
without transparency, we're merely thralls
imprisoned in these epistemic walls