Hungry Artist

Alibi-based means testing:
I was in the wrong place 
At some other time,
Mr. Statecrat,
Please, can I put this here?

To be fed
Restricts the money supply
As paper mints
Don't quench a thirst.

Politics won't make music
Until the guttural snore
Indicates: time for another
Hungry bed time
For a scream 
That whispers: bored