Justitia
Lady, are you wearingL’Air du Temps?
Will you cover the breast
of discord to pay for a peek
from under your blindfold?
The sword is heavier than you thought
when you first took on the job.
Then, the scales almost balanced;
you held them in one hand.
Now you need two.
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Published in 2005 in Cadenza, Offshoots VIII and Ex Tempore.
2 comments:
It's difficult to comprehend how so much has happened in so little time.
Your take on justice is excellent. I had a double take on the publishing date.
Thanks Rachel. The poem still seems timely - it was written in response to: "Uncomfortable with the bare-breasted statue called "Spirit of Justice" in Justice Department headquarters, he ordered the statue covered."
http://www.nndb.com/people/352/000022286/
"Ashcroft was generally credited as 'architect' of the PATRIOT Act ..."
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