Camouflage

Camouflage © Ben Burton 12-01-2014 A leopard cannot change his spots Nor would he if he could They offer him some camouflage When lurking in the wood Van Winkle would not leave his cot For roughly twenty years But what a lesson we were taught Be careful with those beers A period is but a dot Yet, such a potent thing For if some reason it is dropped The words start jumble-ing Some authors will not change their plot Though editors insist How many classics were not wrought Merely because of this? In Ferguson the people fought Set fires and looted, too The facts did not deter their cause Contrived police abuse Obama does not care for cops He went on the attack Implying Darren Wilson shot Merely to kill a black Oh well, the liberals are naught (With those last words, they fled) My spotted leopard trick, they bought Elsewise, they'd not have read