To find a truth-teller among statesmen
Is like trying to find
A needle in a haystack
Impossible
But for every implausibility
There is an exception
That proves the rule

For those who advocate
Human Rights
Global Justice
World Peace
He is their spokesman
The conscience of the universe
An elder statesman
A truth teller

A thorn in the eyes
Of those who espouse
Domination and hegemony
Arrogance and oppression
War and aggression

Unfazed in his pursuit of
Truth and justice
Willing to strip up
The hornets’ nest
To expose the guilty powerful
The lying liars
The modern sorcerers
With unparalleled zest

Representing the finest America has
To offer the world
The apex of moral clarity
The fist that thwarted the sword

Unbroken record of championing
The causes of the people
The great problems of the world
Apostle of peace
Messiah for justice
Redeemer of truth
Deliverer of light from the dark
If you wonder who he is,
He is Ramsey Clark*

*Former Attorney General of the United States (1965-1968)