A youthful error? Yes, perhaps.
But he's been punished for this lapse--
For decades exiled from LA
He knows, as he wakes up each day,
He'll miss the movers and the shakers.
He'll never get to see the Lakers.
For just one old and small mischance,
He has to live in Paris, France.
He's suffered slurs and other stuff.
Has he not suffered quite enough?
How can these people get so riled?
He only raped a single child.
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On CEO Lloyd Blankfein's Statement That Goldman Sachs Is 'Doing God's Work'
Calvin Trillin: The Lord has got an itch to see these folks filthy rich.
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Senator Joe Lieberman and the Public Option
Calvin Trillin: He'll work to make a filibuster stick.
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'G.O.P. Candidate, Pushed By Right, Ends Upstate Bid'
Calvin Trillin: Dede Scozzafava, high achiever, was not a zealous true believer.
For sodomizing one eighth grader?
This man is brilliant, that's for sure--
Authentically, a film auteur.
He gets awards that are his due.
He knows important people, too--
Important people just like us.
And we know how to make a fuss.
Celebrities would just be fools
To play by little people's rules.
So Roman's banner we unfurl.
He only raped one little girl.
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