Independence Day Came Again This Year.
John Hayes
In 1919 America’s inquisitor,
J. Edgar Hoover, a young and rising star
did summon Emma Goldman,
an advocate of birth control,
free speech and other heinous convictions.
His verbal skills, his acumen,
(but certainly not venom)
resulted in her deportation
with 247 others.
J. Edgar used the system.
Gathered accolades and laurels.
Though some would still rebuke him
all true Americans support
his enduring affirmation,
“I ask, you tell.”
He saved his land from anarchy,
reds and communism.
And damn near labor unions.
When civil rights became the law,
he sanctioned it.
Were he alive today,
J. Edgar would
most boldly battle
against all crime,
unless, of course, it’s organized.
He never fought the system.