With Respect

8.13.22

He is not a bad man
not any more than the rest of us
but a man like him
one so concerned with
The People’s Regard–with respect–
well
a man like him is likely to forget
that The People are not the folks he
deals with daily

Said another way, he is not a hard man
to manipulate; all it takes is a relationship

Dandus Hound about Lou, Chief of The Vits