Halffidavit

By Cliff Lake

 

Halffidavit

 

“These are coming with me.” said the man with the long tie,

And because of all the chaos no one there would dare deny.

He packed boxes and more boxes, no one was keeping score,

Then they were taken helter-skelter down to Palm Beach shore.

 

Some boxes in the basement, some stashed next to the pool,

But all of them that were there, were there against the rule.

So, NARA sent some fellows round who said, “Hey give those back”,

So, the lawyers gave them some, not all, just to throw them offtrack.

 

Now there’s a halffidavit, redacted through and through,

You begged that everyone could see, we got a real good view.

Maybe you’ll stop talking, this was a real miscue,

Florida has sprung a leak and they’re standing next to you.

 

See, the way that records work is that they reference each other,

And records keepers never shirk, above all stuff that’s undercover.

So, when the NARA people took a really good long look,

What they saw that they were missing got them really shook.

 

“Look,” they said, “You’re playing with the nastiest of fire.”

“Return the pages as you must, the consequence is dire.”

But the club owners attorneys said, “You got everything, we swear!”

But surveillance video got the Federales there.

 

Now there’s a halffidavit, redacted through and through,

You begged that everyone could see, we got a real good view.

Maybe you’ll stop talking, this was a real miscue,

Florida has sprung a leak and they’re standing next to you.

 

Now the FBI have come and gone down there.

700 pages were hidden in that lair.

Will he slip away again, this man that seems Teflon?

Or will he talk his way into one piece orange Dacron?

 

Now there’s a halffidavit, redacted through and through,

You begged that everyone could see, we got a real good view.

Maybe you’ll stop talking, this was a real miscue,

Florida has sprung a leak and they’re standing next to you.

 

Cliff Lake 8/28/2022

Copyright © Clifford Lake 2022

Location: 1100 S Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, FL 33480, USA

Comments

Anonymous said…
You've covered the situation quite accurately. Thank you. (This piece should be put in a time capsule in order to remind future generations of what transpired.)
August 28, 2022 at 12:36 PM
Cliff Lake said…
I don't completely disagree.
August 28, 2022 at 1:02 PM
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