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| 18/03/1998 |
| IN FIDELIS |
On the Bill Clinton / Monica Lewinsky scandal, 18 March 1998.
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The legal definition of infidelity
has varied from time to time.
Previously permitted sexual mores
in another age become a crime.
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A libidinous king may share his bed
but he rarely risks his throne.
Power may be the ultimate aphrodisiac
but it is a draught best drunk alone.
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Today, when defrocked prelates
and randy peers are in short supply,
the Press’ natural target must be one
pre-eminent in the public eye.
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Hitting any man below the belt is palpably unfair.
Perhaps the American Press should apply
A Nelsonian eye, and like the silent Mrs. C.,
let sleeping presidents lie.
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[Unpublished] |
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| 18 March 1998 |
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