Not The Ball

Playing the man and not the ball Means little to the situation stand or fall Arguing specifics after the die is cast Puts you to bed with a most unresolved past Where your approach, contribution, your whole ethic Alternatively claimed coarse or conflicting or sick Considered non-productive and destructive and base Must now condone or veto attempts at service with grace And these who answered criticism with bald bluster Determined, on track, with no obligation to a change in approach muster And the voters - the reason why this drama we are in - Must conceive that in politics it is about politicians, the win SP