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Finding the Crime

“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime”
—Lavrentiy Beria, Head of the Secret Police under Josef Stalin

Every blue-state AG and each Soros DA
now let dangerous criminals just walk away,
while the DOJ, ATF and FBI
have political enemies on which they spy.
If you show them the man, they will find you the crime
and they won’t rest until he is doing hard time.
They use warrants to search that allow them to kill
and then search lingerie drawers because of the thrill
while their witnesses perjure themselves with each breath
and their judges are always just Merchans of death.
We need leaders right now, more than ever before,
who are ready to wage metaphorical war
on the swamp-dwelling creatures that take us for fools
and that live by the creed that there aren’t any rules.
The war cannot be won without diving right in
and enduring barrages of shots to the chin.
So now orange you glad one man has what it takes
to fight for this great country as it reawakes?

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Warren Bonham is a private equity investor who lives in Southlake, Texas.

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20 Responses

  1. Phil S.Rogers

    The poem is right on target and with great humor. The lines about searching lingerie draws and Merchans of death had me laughing. The reference to Beria is most appropriate, as are the last two lines about Trump. Thank you, Warren.

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    • Warren Bonham

      Evan wisely worked with me to remove some more vitriolic lines leaving just the more humorous ones. I’m glad you enjoyed the poem despite the circumstances.

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  2. Cheryl Corey

    There’s much to admire here: the cheap thrills the alphabet men got rummaging through Melania’s drawers; “Merchans of death”; “metaphorical war”; and the “orange you glad ” play on “orange man bad”. Very well done, Warren.

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    • Warren Bonham

      The only tiny silver lining with this situation is that it’s easy to satirize. I hadn’t heard the “alphabet men” phrase before. It fits very well.

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  4. Mike Bryant

    Susan is reading the Gulag Archipelago and this poem fits perfectly with Solzhenitsyn’s warnings. It is way past time for the government to get out of our business. Everyone that raises their voice against the weaponization of the State against the people is a patriot.
    We used to talk about Doves and Hawks. I guess all the Doves figured out that Hawks make a lot more money. They all want war now.
    Thanks for standing up.

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    • Warren Bonham

      I’ve had the Gulag Archipelago on my reading list for many years, but it never made it to the top (probably because of its length). I need to make it happen this summer. The Deep State had been taking tentative steps towards creating their own gulags, but the convictions last week were a giant leap forward. One day, we may all end up making license plates if things keep going.

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  5. Joseph S. Salemi

    The fact that a corrupt, totally biased, anti-Trump scumbag like Merchan is allowed to preside over the “trial,” while his daughter makes money off the entire spectacle, is something that even the ancient satirists would have choked on.

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    • Warren Bonham

      Lady Justice lost her blindfold and her scales stopped working. The uneven application of gag orders in this case was something else for all of us to choke on.

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  6. Susan Jarvis Bryant

    Warren, “Finding the Crime” is the perfect title for a poem that reveals the wicked machinations of a justice system gone insane. The clever wordplay enhances the madness of this truly breathtaking moment in American history, and I thank you for capturing it in the words of a poem that begs for a wide audience.

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    • Warren Bonham

      Madness is a great word to capture the fact that we’ve seen how this drama ends in every other repressive regime throughout human history, yet we seem unable to stop it from happening again.

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  7. Margaret Coats

    Warren, your fighting poem expresses what I imagine would be the attitude of the orange man himself. There is a lot of fighting to be done, especially in local organization. I highly recommend support of any good sheriff or candidate for sheriff.

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    • Julian D. Woodruff

      To the point, and clever, too– especially the pun on Merchan the mechant. One quibble:
      I doubt the war’s just metaphorical:
      This moment is surely historical.
      Resistance must be categorical,
      Else current ills will prove encorical.

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      • Warren Bonham

        Very clever response! The word “encorical” needs to be added to the dictionary. It sums things up very well.

    • Warren Bonham

      Thanks for the support and the practical advice! I hate to admit it, but that’s something I have never paid attention to before so I continue to be part of the problem.

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    • Warren Bonham

      I inadvertently put this as a general reply below so it will now show up twice:

      Thanks for the support and the practical advice! I hate to admit it, but that’s something I have never paid attention to before so I continue to be part of the problem.

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      • Margaret Coats

        The practical advice, to be more specific, is to pay attention to justice in the way that is easiest for us to influence. Your county sheriff is an elected official without official responsibility to superiors other than the people. He is not necessarily caught up in the corruption of the alphabet agencies. Although he works alongside police and other law enforcement, he presides over a separate local force that can do a great deal to counter crime and maintain order.

  8. Roy Eugene Peterson

    You have taken a great shot at the now fully corrupted bureaucratic state that purposely has been infused with those of evil intentions. The title is perfect and sets up the entire poem. I am with you Warren. Publishing remonstrances is one of the weapons we have and the sharper the better. Your humor and play on words makes the audience pay attention.

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  9. Brian A. Yapko

    Excellent poem, Warren! I think you and I are exactly on the same page — and virtually at the same time! I especially appreciate your sharp observations and your call to action. Glad we’re on the same team!

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