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TO JUDGE
by Susan Zodin
Sitting up on the bench.
Looking down on faces.
Defiant, passive, afraid.
Follow the rules.
The law is the law.
Black and white. Right and wrong.
They ought to know that.
Why have they come here?
Why did they choose the wrong path?
Well�it�s not for me to understand, really.
It�s not for me to care.
I�m just here to pass sentence.
Learn your lesson. Pay for your crimes.
That�s what I�ve got to teach them.
Most of them deserve what they�re getting.
A few...maybe�actually don�t belong here.
Caught up in an unfair fate.
Well, Lady Justice is a tough old broad.
They must have done something wrong somewhere.
Wrong place, wrong friends, wrong dreams.
I can�t help it-they�ve got to be punished.
It�s not my fault-I just do my job.
Judgment without compassion is my duty.
No bleeding heart sympathy from me.
But�looking at those faces, I sometimes wonder if I am missing something.
What if there�s a person inside of them who needs a chance?
And I�m the only one who can give it.
*****THE END*****
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