The Fallacy of Justice for All

I always liked the idea of Justice for All.
It had a right and true ring to it.
But early on, or later on, I learned
the fallacy of it.

Pray you have God and his angels
in your corner if you go to court as
a poor person wrongly accused by
a rich person with a team of high
dollar slick lawyers.

Odds are things won’t end well for you,
and justice for all will not be for you.

But you already know this and probably
have seen it acted out many times in the news.
And you know that often you get the
justice you can afford.

And if you’re rich enough to hire a team
of the best lawyers money can buy,
you might be able to get away with murder
or, at the least, a far lighter sentence than
a less monied man or woman.

I like the idea of justice for all
but it’s just not true.

Bob Boyd

Author: BobBoyd

Age 80. Cancer survivor since 3 years ago. Work out 3 times a week. Ride my exercise bike 2 hours a day. Live a solo reclusive life. Retired a year ago from working with the elderly in a nonprofit. Started writing poetry a little over a year ago; most poems I write are fictional but some are not. Spiritual with a permanent spiritual experience. Write poems on many subjects. Always researching for many of my poems and because of my unquenchable thirst for knowledge. After reading and hearing about many near death experiences and death bed visions, I believe death is the ultimate awakening and the relocation of a lifetime. You may believe differently, but you have the right to be wrong -- I'm just messing with you. :-) View all posts by BobBoyd