Herbert T. Abelson
Give me a Break
Why is it that General David Petraeus can commit the serious crime of leaking highly classified documents to his mistress and he gets a plea deal, with a sentence of probation for two years and a stiff fine, but no loss of rank or retirement benefits and no jail time; whereas, someone caught dealing marijuana has jail time in their future? And if you can’t pay court costs for a minor infraction in Ferguson, MO, you go to jail and/or you lose your driver’s license so you can’t work. Being poor is the most egregious inequality.
Herbert T. Abelson’s poems have appeared in Pharos, The Silkworm, American Academy of Pediatrics Senior Bulletin and What Rough Beast. He is a retired academic physician widely published in scientific journals. He is also a husband, father, grandfather, pinhole photographer, cook and car collector.
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