by Mary Pryor

Webster, we grant him that, came clean.
He had not duly overseen
auditing at the firm he served,
but Pitt, deciding he deserved
a second chance, in . . . call it pity,
kept mum; and therefore, Pitt's committee
split three-two Webster, choice that cheered
auditors. Biggs, the man they feared,
knew far too much, might truly crack
down on corruption, cut no slack,
flush out the practices that reeked.
Then Webster's little failure leaked
and, worse, Pitt's judgment call to keep
it secret. Webster . . . Pitt . . . clean sweep!
With supervisors such as these,
where shall we stash our cash? CDs?

Mary Pryor (Moorhead, MN)