“My case is simple, you shall see:
don’t listen to or heed his plea,
In jail he should remain our guest.
The prosecution now will rest.”

“The deed, if done, was in the past,
which disappears, and really fast,
so judge and jury please admit
you’re not clairvoyants; hence, acquit.”

Don Nigroni is a retired labor economist and volunteer Weed Warrior at the Heinz National Wildlife Refuge.