Good Deeds

I'm realizing as I've gotten older
that perfectly good deeds do go unpunished
Is this because they're cleverer or bolder
or possibly those punishing have vanished?

No, there is surely evidence galore
that some will get their punishment in full,
but nonetheless come back and ask for more,
and thereby giving credence to the rule.

There is, perhaps, a simpler explanation:
though the cliché makes for a great excuse,
our natural, instinctive inclination
is do not get involved, since what's the use,

and then confess you'd do something about it
but then you would get punished, do not doubt it.