Dick Nixon resigned on this date back in seventy-four.
It was the culmination of his long and ugly war.
In nineteen-fifty-eight, a crowd attacked him in Caracas.
We ignored their warning. Maybe we needed maracas.
We sat through his Checkers game. No, he was not a crook.
He was more than that, an evil not seen in our book.
Yes, he set the standard for Republicans to come.
Reagan, Bushes, one and two, and now this lying scum.
Malevolence is not excused by dumb.
And we will not forgive this crooked crumb.
But if he had the sense like Tricky Dick did to resign,
maybe some judge might cut him a deal along the line.