Evidence

The evidence all stands against your case,
But make this one attempt, bright, brave, and brash:
Convince us you were never short of cash
Or friends, that this depleted can of Mace
Was used only to help the human race,
That you were only joking, merely rash
And contrary the time you made that dash
For safety in some hidden, secret place.

They found you in the church, robbing the blind
And jostling the sick. What will you say?
That they were always falling anyway?
We've tried to be so generous and kind,
But all that has been wasted, undermined
By everything you said and did today.