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KenWrong
(on invocation of Fifth Amendment by Kenneth Lay,
former Enron chairman, in congressional hearings)
Before the senators, Lay beats his breast:
"'Tis deeply troubling to assert this right,
But I am duty-bound not to attest
Because my lawyer said so, him I cite."
The fashionable response of pursy times
When Virtue must its pardon beg of Vice,
Is thus to hide the truth of covert crimes
And do it in the guise of good advice.
Without regard to wipe a sullied slate,
Make peace with God whose mercy is at hand,
Five others, so not to incriminate
Themselves, also refused to take the stand.
But if men native punishment outrun
By the corrupted currents of this world,
The more by Heaven shall they be undone
When comes the Judgment and its scrolls unfurled.
Then shall the Enron henchmen make their plea:
"The lawyer made me do it!" and bow low,
'Till Heaven counters thus their trickery:
"You paid your counsel well to tell you so!"
Feb. 12, 2002
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