George W and Betty Lou

Betty Lou was sixty-two
George was in his primaries
She killed Her husband
(In Gun Barrel City, Texas)
George killed Betty Lou
(In the run up to Super Tuesday)
She knew
Fear, poverty, beatings, hardship
Desperation
Desolation
Condemnation
Damnation
He knew
Which side his bread was buttered
She killed
One other man
He killed
One hundred and twenty-two
Her eyes
Filled with tears
His eyes were
Too small to see
His own reflection
This morning
Too small
For tears

Poem: http://www.e-poems.org/george.html