The Cadaver Poem by RIC BASTASA

if you ask my opinion about the recent violence
you may not like what i hear
but let me give you a hint

i go for quick justice

i like swift wings of justice
that arrive at conclusions without much
court drama

who was that who said that it is better for lawyers
to be killed?

harsh, too harsh for a thirsty city
for a very hungry country


just let them disappear
that judges after all
are wearing the black robes of hoodlums
who are indebted for
who put them there
and could not render
what is fair

i like to go to the previous states of
tooth for a tooth
eye for an eye

the world is toothless and the world is blind
and you find a situation where you cannot ask anymore

'where to? ' because everything has been corrupted
and the system has become one rotten cadaver
stinking and nameless and
undeserving of a decent burial.