Saturday, August 3, 2013

Political Gesture

Found guilty of tax fraud by Italy’s high court,
“What’s’a matter, you?” Silvio Berlusconi said.
“I no gotta follow your rules.”
The former prime minister and media mogul
Bit his hand
And pulled it from his mouth contemptuously.
Taking a break from his rigorous schedule
In his fundraising efforts for disadvantaged
Young women from around the world,
“Il Cavaliere” chided the Italian courts.
“This is the way you treat’a me
After all I’m’a done for you?”
He flipped his chin
With the back of his fingers at them.
“I spit on you,” he said.
“I’m in senate. You cant’a touch me,”
The Seventy-seven year old said.
“I die before I go to your filthy prison.”
Mister Berlusconi then made
An obscure Italian gesture
And stumbled from the podium.



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