Stained Glass Design by Nancy Bauer
crime doesn’t pay
so they say
nor the criminal
given a minimal
slap of a sentence
empty of penance
beating her scales
into coffin nails
fit for the corpse
of a system that warps
what justice implied
before equity died
(originally posted December 2013)
Writer Lynne Sargent
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Poesy plus Polemics 
Ouch…yes, sadly.
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a sad state, indeed
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And so I wait for the Supreme and Sovereign Justice of God.
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man should do a better job of it, too
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I agree with you, but I don’t have hope of that happening.
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then it’ll have to be up to you and me
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I do hope you meant by Prayer–I’m a bit unstable to be a sitting judge–everyone who came before me would likely hear, “Off with their heads!!”
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Sadly, the expression “justice is blind” appears to literally refer to judges in Canada. Bad enough that I am driven to write a two-book work on the broader subject.
Obviously this poem strikes a chord with me.
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it should strike a chord with everyone who cares about justice
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Wonderfully said
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thanks, Barb
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Reblogged this on Poesy plus Polemics.
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Few punishments fit the crime both now and then. We humans never seem to get it right in that regard yet the ethics and philosophy behind our respective legal systems are well set to do that one thing, namely ‘get it right.’
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you are probably correct – the failures are moreso of men than of the system per se – I am grateful that our system derives from your own
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You poetically comment very well on our “justice” system.
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it damn sure needs a lot of commenting
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Hahahahaha!
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I´ll be more simplistic in the comment. Having been to jail for robbery believe me that those 6 months did nothing to deter me from doing the same when I came out. The only thing that deterred me was cleaning my act, getting my act together and deciding for myself me and only me, what best and what I wanted for my life for me and for the people that loved me.
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I admire and respect turning a new leaf
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I´m glad I did I can tell you that much.
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Reblogged this on OUR POETRY CORNER.
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thank you for sharing my poem with your readers
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Oh, don’t get me started on this, Paul! I’ve been so sweet-tempered of late, but this is a hot button for me.
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me, too
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Don’t get me started on equity tonight–I’m in a tearfully frustrated depressed rage because of the disparity/partiality/compassionate favor shown to “bad” tenants (chronically destructive and disruptive) in this subsidized housing game, and none to me. I deserve better–I’ve paid my dues, and then some.
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oh dear – so sorry for your plight RL – I pray you can regain some peace of mind
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Ohhh thank you, Paul–your prayers are just what I need tonight, lest I leap from the 2nd floor balcony and merely twist my ankle! 🙂
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Certainly as pertinent now as it was in December 2013.
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indeed
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