A poem

In honor of Tom DeLay's decision to resign from the House of Representatives, and also because April is National Poetry Month, I thought I'd share a poem I ran across in The Guardian. It is, unfortunately, unattributed, and a quick trip to Google didn't turn up the author. But since it's such a good twofer, I want to share it anyway.

They buried the politician today
The crowd it jeered and rang.
But as for me, I wept
For I had hoped to see him hang.