That the ombudsman the public advocate
Should be remunerated for their effort
Does not deny its usefulness however doubtful of effect
Augmenting the mounds of moldy soap
Intoning ambiguous chords on the Walmart guitar lacking the high E
Which once a child besmeared with processed cheese
Conveying the recyclables to God knows where
Puttering and delving in the cooperative garden
Eggplant tomatoes avatars of deadly nightshade

Today do we commemorate the Confederate dead and the fallen Federals
The fanatics blown up in the basement by their own unfinished bomb
The committed to a cause who bring a couple dozen along for the suicide
The handlers of joysticks raining death upon cities
When their own command center happens to be targeted
That the public servants teachers medical officers elected officials
Are preselected and approved does not deny their necessity
The towhee too seeks tactical advantage
With its chip-a-turrrr