Privilege.

Privilege.

There was an ease

About the nature

Of the dismissal

Nothing of consequence

Would come from this

As if

He thought himself

Untouchable

Social standing

White male privilege

Centuries of certainty

To buttress his claim

With no witness or

Supporting evidence

His word was law

It was to be expected

The weight of expectation

Lay elsewhere

Proof was a burden

He sought not to carry

Truth a flexible friend

A member of the club

No handshake required

Secret or otherwise

Presumption

Of innocence

A watchword

All for one

A byword

When one is on

The inside

There is no equality

In patriarchy

No hope

In a male trope

Excusing wanton

Behaviour

On juvenile high jinks

Stinks.

Of Kickbacks

And a slap in the face

To blind justice.