He knows where the bodies are buried
and the recipes cooking the books,
how loss and expense can be carried
as profits . . . or that’s how it looks.

He knows how the dice can be weighted,
how cards can be pulled from a sleeve,
how companies clearly mismated
can be merged, giving workers the heave.

He knows off-shore in-corporation,
how audits can whitewash a thief.
He is fitted for serving the nation,
perfect choice for an SEC chief.

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Mary Pryor (Moorhead, MN)