Saga - Of Mayor….Marion Barry

Your Honor…what better way To prove a substance is coke …..Than to fill-up a pipe And take a quick smoke The Judge said surely Mr. Mayor…you jest ….Am I to believe This was an official taste-test …So he sent the Mayor away To the Big House for a spell The Mayor of this Nation's Capitol ….Locked-up….in Jail Time off for good behavior He ran for Office again Thanks to natural charisma …Was a virtual…shoo-in Personally vowing to eliminate The drug merchants of crime Seize and burn..all the narcotics ….One pipe-full…..at a time Author's Note: 'Barry came to national prominence as mayor of the national capital, the first prominent civil-rights activist to become chief executive of a major American city; he gave the presidential nomination speech for Jesse Jackson at the 1984 Democratic National Convention. His celebrity transformed into international notoriety in January 1990, when Barry was videotaped smoking crack cocaine and arrested by FBI officials on drug charges. The arrest and subsequent trial precluded Barry seeking re-election, and Barry served six months in a federal prison. After his release, however, he was elected to the DC city council in 1992 and ultimately returned to the mayoralty in 1994, serving from 1995 to 1999.' ~Wikipedia