In the air, the pallor rises showing faces of wrath,

breathing shame in light of a complex coalition of schemes;

a sudden fury appears discreetly under the crying

 

and the world indifferent...

 

Amazed glances are exchanged;

the impertinent silence is not tolerated ...

while the inventory of gifts continues

buying those in olive green uniforms, governments and judges

 

Judges, with pirate flags and letters of marque,

that patch and alter sentences at the whim of a cretin

to satiate the miserable ambition of those who hold power…,

misunderstood power…

 

Your present has expired!

Unappealable verdict; the people repudiate it!

©Noris Roberts