[Crystal]
“Agents of the law,”
grumbled Donald one evening,
“do not make judgements
concerning justice being
applied when making arrests.”
He could not sit still.
He paced as his mind raced wild.
“The child arrested
for malicious destruction
of property was justly
defending herself
against a vicious person
over twice her age.”
Wanting to temper his rage
I proposed he pay her bail
and offer his skills
to help her scale her problem
of avoiding jail.
We could put in motion the
R J P resolution
for intervention
by community actions
designed to offset
incarceration with her
solemn participation
to accept, complete
and honor each precept penned
to mend offenses
concretely and tangibly.
We will use this talking stick
to facilitate
the dynamic of free speech
and abate discord
procured via disruptions
of others deep reflections.
When one finishes,
pass it to the left until
another wishes
to share their relative points
no matter how explosive,
explicative or
offensive others may feel
your words might conceal.
Honesty’s the remedy
for the best discourse as we
seek our best course
to navigate this verbal,
crucial intercourse.
To my left is Robert (Bob)
Winston. When sorely perplexed
to convert vexed words
into a universal
context to avert
animosity eating
away common ground found through
persistent hard work,
I rely on the skill of
Bob’s consilience,
the consequence of his broad
knowledge, to bridge rival views.
Next, Donald is one
deft investigator both
mentally as well
as physically for sure
to secure true offenders
who need behaviors
modified. William Hastings
is Tina’s lawyer,
a good choice for a strong voice
in her corner to bolster
thoughtfulness needed
to address incongruence
in social justice.
Carl Jackson is the bastion
shielding the D A’s wishes.
Then, there are some who
refuse to loose to abuse
spewed from venomous
two legged snakes that forsake
gentleness and kindness for
fear, deception and
unbridled betrayal to
acquire power.
These three will never concede
to be enslaved mentally
or physically.
They have been tried and tested.
Kevin Jacobs with
Bree Worthington, together,
begun a challenge they won
without any doubt.
Along with Joseph Ward these
three award us with
our fair community’s
encounter with the unjust.
Between Joseph and
Tina sits Shannon Hastings.
If Tina agrees
Shannon decrees that she will
mentor Tina as she heals
the dark rift that split
her young soul from the whole of
the warm, supportive
feeling Bartholomew stole
for his sole corrupt pleasure.
I have spoken with
Tina several times and
she’s open to shun
stoicism as fulcrum
to leverage away tough
challenges of the
disadvantaged underdog.
She can choose to use
my bulldog crew eschewed from
shy meekness to stand steady,
strong and tenacious
to address with boldness acts
breeding injustice.
This tiny circle portends
the amazing miracle
of humans growing
beyond crippling fondness
of competition.
This group convenes as a means
for support to help Tina
recoup lost treasures
that measure the prospering
of her rising well
above the hell imposed by
ignorance or by her lost
naiveté and
innocence to learn Life’s harsh,
imposed consequence
of necessity being
the mother of invention.
Tina, you are free
to chose cooperation’s
best inspirations.
All here, meet Tina Mason’s
situation and I pass.
[Donald]
The concrete facts are:
At seventeen, Tina smashed
glass to sweetly beat
Bartholomew’s ego with
a five pound maul to windshield,
windows and headlights,
a frightful sight for Bart, signed
with “Kiss off Bart ! T.
splashed across the back window
in blood-red lipstick cutting
him to the quick with
his new Audi disfigured.
This act was triggered
when she was just eleven
going on twelve to struggle
for some affection
after her booze infused dad
shelved his family
in an irate frightening
whirlwind when she was just eight.
Then this twenty-nine
year old hid his lust to thrust
her into his cold
calculated deceptions
fueled with intoxications
as is the standard
for sexual predators.
Six years harbored hate
and confusion when mingled
with pure physical pleasure.
I paid Tina’s bail
because all adults failed her.
She was certainly
her only defense against
child, sexual cruelty.
[William Hastings]
When Donald asked me
to handle the tangled threads
of Tina’s dreaded,
pending, legal battle, I
surmised she should speak the truth
about the uncouth
behavior of Bart to start
investigations
by prosecutors worthy
of a profession destined
to avert blood feuds.
Bartholomew’s best attempt
to skirt his grim crime
is seven weeks from Thursday.
Mister Jackson will convey
The D A’s consent
for the official decree
sealing what we’ve done
to offset injustices
some may, or may not, regret
and social order
requires respect for rights
and freedoms to be
equally retained by each
and all citizens without
feigned sincerity.
[Carl]
Tina’s unrestrained, strong, rage
might be coherent,
but society can’t gage
legal consequence upon
emotional angst.
When all is said and done, she
can’t run from fixing