your abstract predilections
like drizzling words upon a page
are more expressive than legal briefs
yes
more knowledge is more heartbreak
like a spinal tap or a shock treatment or
an insurance policy.
oh yes
the hunchback is deaf
he can ring the bells of Notre Dame
like a slam-dunk rapes the night
yes, oh yes
the tropic latitudes are quiet
like our love in late evening
when we lax into content
yes, listen
all the twisted litigation
and appeals and sentences handed down
won’t resolve the case or the issue
oh, yes
the law is complacent and slow
we can’t take comfort in it
only our positions
oh, yes
oh, yes
