Convenient Persecution Complex

                            You hate me, you hate me, you hate me;
                        O pitiful, put-upon me.
                        If it weren't for irrational hatred
                        There's no telling where I might be.

                        My deeds without fear or favor
                        Might to the whole world be exposed,
                        And my actions, like anyone else's,
                        Might even be safely opposed.

                         David Martin