Cast a shadow over a name with the stone you throw.

Our mayor is a Korean war hero.

Citations and medals shine through doubt cast about.

Outgoing mayor un-chargeable.

None of his doings reached the level of crime.

A city counsel person is still paying a terrible

price for his service in the hell we call Vietnam.

It happens all around us examples

of how rotten politics can be.

You don’t have to dig far to find dirt and there’s always

somebody willing to dig in your backyard.

Look over your shoulder.

Now they’re throwing boulders.

– Gerald A. McBreen, Pacific Poet Laureate