take care

When Eric Holder files to press a suit
the stars must have aligned for this one night;
his DoJ disdained to prosecute
outrages on our fundamental rights.
Scott Walker thought he'd pocket two House seats,
or hold them open for a later date.
No Democrat can win, when none competes
but law precludes that such an office waits.
Wisconsin's gerrymander got struck down
and GOP control there's in retreat.
It's governor's a sad, ham-fisted clown
who plays for time, but can't stop this defeat.
Now, Holder moved to act, not just exhort
perchance, the speech he gives will be in court.

discretion

let Eric Holder give another speech
for honoraria and rapt applause
too slow to prosecute, but quick to preach
he never deigned to execute the Laws.
Loretta Lynch brought passion that he lacked
unhesitating, making judgement calls
she dealt in truth ('though sometimes not in tact)
let no one doubt which of these two has balls.
While Holder played the Hamlet on the stage
too careful to examine every side
unmoved by pity, jealousy, or rage
big donors knew the'd be indemnified.
Big Bankers bought themselves a fancy whore
before he'd passed through their revolving door

promises unfulfilled

Louisiana cops don't mess around
with niceties of evidence or law
unhesitating to gun a man down
until the video half the world saw
due process is a privilege of Whites
while Blacks get executed in the streets
for stuff as trivial as cracked taillights
lives lived under oppression by the heat
Loretta Lynch may act where Holder talked
to guarantee that rights apply to all
in Sanford as in Furguson he balked
as prosecutor, he just dropped the ball
the moral universe's arc can bend
if we press for real justice 'til the end

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