smirk
of uncivil law

i have confirmed
by “watch the system do”
not “hello really nice people
tell me all the faults you’ve got”

they won’t commit
a simple coin
to lift a speaking handset
to help a hearing fair

but they’ll commit
the cost of brothel nights
driving petrol and pollution
bullying enforcement

to be right that great principle
isn’t worth a penny
for power that great corrupter
they’ll spend a hundred pound

introduction
centuries
unjustice
complexity
money
smirk
flame
magistrates
age
wrong
invention
scotland

criminal
democracy
consent
piano
parliament
citizen
bailiff
bones
health
maid
blackbox
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fear




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