In These Cases, We Have Judgment Here

Pity the Poor Polygamist

In These Cases, We Have Judgment Here

 

By Elton Camp

 

There’s no need for laws to make polygamy a crime

Some protest, “We must deal with that ball of slime.

How can we let such wicked conduct unpunished be?”

But I have this to say, “Of so little faith are such as ye.”

 

A man who takes to himself more than a single wife

Gets punishment enough by his life filled with strife

Marrying only one wife will bring problems galore

To take on multiples will certainly bring many more

 

The polygamist will be so nagged and shoved about

That he should’ve stayed a bachelor, he won’t doubt

You needn’t bother passing laws, my righteous friend

Because this is a crime that’s self-punishing in the end