The Gavel
Please plead the 5th because
this testimony is going nowhere,
irrelevant and rambling,
sworn-in expert of forensic pathology.
I need to pick up my dry cleaning.
Break.
Resume.
Raise your right hand,
repeat, blah, blah, blah.
The scales are off.
Evidence obtained in suspects’ Denali.
Defense: Contaminated, Not Stored Properly.
Break.
Resume.
Call to order.
On patrol. Stored in evidence locker B-98.
District 3. Honorable Judge T—— Residing.
Reckless endangerment, possession,
murder of the 1st degree.
These robes are airy.
Break.
Resume.
Sentencing.
Ten to life.
Parole in five.
Stay alive.
An American Poet 