A Secret Memo

“But the crucial issue is not when, but how.”

I will be with you, whatever.

But this is the moment to assess

Bluntly and boldly, whether

The danger is, as ever,

That action acts to make a mess

Which lingers with you, whatever

Plans, resources, clever

PR pitches you address

To your blunted people, whether

Or not they’re listening. Never

Forget our gaudy, tawdry press

Has stuffed them full of whatever

Trash they think is pleasure.

I hate them all. George, I confess

I can’t decide whether

Perhaps the better endeavor

Would be to self-invade. God bless

Us, be with us whatever

Chance, fate, or weather.