USA Africa Dialogue Series - Charades Of The Courtroom (Poem)

By Chidi Anthony Opara

 

"Cell phones off!"

"Silence!"

The clerk calls,

Cell phones cease to live.

The clock ticks,

The tick-tock tear

Into silence of the courtroom.

 

"Court!"

The clerk calls,

We scramble to our feet,

Our feet feeble from fear.

We bow toward the auctioneer

Adorned

With the robe of justice.

 

"You may sit"

The clerk sneers.

We sit

Straining to hear

Who is next recipient

Of auctioned justice.

 

Charades

Of the courtroom commence,

Justice

Is auctioned and purchased,

Hammer hit.

"Court!"

The clerk calls.

We stand and bow,

The auctioneer swaggers

Into the inner sanctum.

 

 

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