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NPM2009: Prompt 24

Justice is coming. Or perhaps just left. Or maybe hasn’t shown.

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Kevin Hodgson // Apr 24th 2009 at 3:36 am

Justice Served

When the gavel talks,
the world falls silent
but what happens to justice
when no one is watching?
Is the law an invisible backbone
that keeps us standing straight
or just another broken authority figure
to be ignored when the lights go down?
You decide,
as I take minutes from my squeaky chair
just outside the circle.

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Ken Allan // Apr 24th 2009 at 5:33 am

Hans Snoek
Wasn’t a crook
The upright jury agreed.

Officer Brook,
Closed his book
And cast his doubt on the creed.

Judge Meries
With dutiful eyes
As dull as the courtroom floor,

Raised his pen
At Officer Wein
Who opened the panelled door.

And that’s what we know
Of the courtroom show
For the news of the verdict will travel,

And that’s what we heard
Of Meries’ word,
As he woke up the press with his gavel.

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Todd // Jul 7th 2009 at 1:51 pm

Justice is not as blind as she would like us to believe. The divorce process with an adversarial counterpart makes justice blind for moments at a time by the sheer volume of ludicrous acrimony perpetuated by evil intent. Justice and truth eventually prevail, but the wheels grind exceedingly slow.

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