<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><div><b>“It’s a Witch Hunt” </b>by Calvin Trillin, Deadline Poet</div><div><br></div><div>The one nabbed first of all, to Trump’s chagrin,</div><div>Was “Lock Her Up” adviser Michael Flynn.</div><div>Then Manafort and Gates, Paul’s former pal,</div><div>Were eased into the Mueller team’s corral.</div><div>And then—surprise!—indictments were announced</div><div>Of Russian guys whose names can’t be pronounced.</div><div>And Papadopoulos then upped the score.</div><div>It’s now a coven and a half or more.</div><div> </div><div>Who circles there, despite the curling smoke,</div><div>Around a cauldron full of Diet Coke?</div><div>Who waves his broomstick with a practiced ease</div><div>To conjure up a hamburger with cheese?</div><div>Who gives a guiding light to Robert Mueller</div><div>By being, for the most, bright orange in color?</div><div>His curses, maybe dozens at a clip,</div><div>May do no good if other witches flip.</div><div> </div><div>Complaints about a witch hunt are for naught</div><div>If now and then some witches do get caught.</div></div><div><br></div>———————————————<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></body></html>