Poems ✍️

HAVE I told any man to be a liar for my sake?
Have I sold ice to the poor in summer and coal to the poor in winter for the sake
of daughters who nursed brindle bull terriers and led with a leash their dogs
clothed in plaid wool jackets?
Have I given any man an earful too much of my talk-or asked any man to take a
snootful of booze on my account?
Have I put wool in my own ears when men tried to tell me what was good for
me? Have I been a bum listener?
Have I taken dollars from the living and the unborn while I made speeches on
the retributions that shadow the heels of the dishonest?
Have I done any good under cover? Or have I always put it in the show windows
and the newspapers?