Falsifying Truth

The concerned politician was running for re-election But a very cool, steamy sex scandal he struggled to hide He used his thick, bald head to provide some harmful protection By taking a scholarly, dim-witted babe to be his bride By hiding appearances this loser won the seat he sought But the love/hate relationship with his former mate went on Under cover, above reproach the governorship he bought The wickedly good scheme went awry, the lover suddenly gone In the shadows of limelight his true love would no longer stay The powerless governor didn’t want his private life public And his charming, boring wife soon suspected there’d been foul play Lying alone in her separate room made her healthy heart sick A sleazy, reputable reporter showed her photographs Of her husband and his lover in a platonic embrace When confronted, the governor made a fortuitous gaff Laughing contritely, he told his wife their love he’d not debase But well-intentioned cons have a way of gleaming through darkness For the long-lost mate found his way to the governor’s mansion Startled resignation on his wife’s face so expressionless To explain he was gay led to consolidated expansion The news was revealed, the governor was forced into hiding For he was no longer viewed as a truthful politician He’d not been upfront, but back down in a closet confining And he’d risen to downfall with a concealed revelation *For Kristin’s “Oxymoronic” contest