Justice

1.      There’s a marble statue of a blind lady

2.      With a scale and a sword in her hands

3.      Standing imposing on a big pedestal

4.      Listening carefully to our story

5.      Her verdict will decide our fate

6.      We lay our gifts down at her feet

7.      We whisper all our secrets in her ears

8.      We have committed no serious crime

9.      Therefore we expect no punishment

10.  Except from some absurd remorse

11.  And things we are usually afraid of

12.  She smiles and faces us gracefully 

13.  Her lips are sealed her eyes are tied

14.  She lowers the scale and raises the sword 

15.  Absolving us from guilty consciousness.

16-Feb-14

Image: 18th-century Lady Justice at the Castellania

 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Justice]