Sales were up for the third of four quarters
This was despite the agreed-upon borders
The owner was glee, all a-thrill and elated
The enforcement of law in his ambit abated.
A deal was signaled: “this far and no more.
And if you comply we will simply ignore
Transgressions you may or may not have committed.
They stand wholly separate from cash you remitted.”
If some of that cash was returned in a sale
That the upstanding, ethical men had enabled
It really was not for the votes to decide
If business and politics neatly collide.
For folks who cast ballots are blindingly dumb
And those they are cast for are morally numb
But always aware of society’s rules
They did what was best for the ignorant fools.
Their public appearances justly condemned
The acts from which half of their income had stemmed.
The ethics in question were gilded with mold,
While women and children were trafficked and sold.