Meaning
After much pain, there exists a meaningful
“we,” and we capture one
of them. The others mostly died
in bed, on yachts, on islands
their money kept afloat, in bunkers,
in Switzerland; we shot a few.
We expect his defense to be
that he himself did little, which is true.
Instead he takes responsibility
for everything: the lies, the climate,
the quality of life. Asked why,
he shrugs. Shows little affect; says
if they had won they wouldn’t be as nice
to us as we have been
to him. It’s easier to think
(although he doesn’t, really)
it’s for some reason.