As We Proceed With Tonight's Debate

Before tonight's debate begins,
There are three questions...
I'd like for those opposing candidates,
To ponder.

Liar number one...
You have stated,
Your issues are heartfelt.
And as a child you had discuss those issues,
With the help your parents hired.
Have those issues changed?

Liar number two...
You have made claims,
You made shoeshine boxes...
To distribute amongst the poor,
As a commitment to lower unemployment.
Are you still doing this?

And liar number three...
You have several homes empty,
In the South Pacific.
You have established many businesses,
In and around low income families...
Who have found themselves homeless.
And yet you have said and I quote:
'Some of my best friends are homeless.
And no matter what I offer,
They value our friendship so much...
I can not give away millions of dollars.
And they have shown much empathy...
But refuse to accept what I wish to do.
Each time I showed up in masquerade.'
Have you chosen another way to do this?

I want each of you to clarify your responses,
As we proceed with tonight's debate.
And remember this...
Each of you only have thirty seconds to respond.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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