Note to Plaintiff

My first indictment was some kind of joke,
My second was a tad more serious,
The third was rather deleterious
(My reputation just went up in smoke),
And at my fourth, when the attorneys spoke
The judge began to look delirious,
As if I'd claimed to be Tiberius
And offered him the chance to share a toke.

I didn't worry much, as the defendant,
About your attitude, which made me sad,
But plaintiffs, like cheap grifters, can be had.
My star is once again in the ascendant.
As long as I could still feel independent,
I didn't mind the aggravation, Dad.