Case closed<\/p>\n
the closing<\/p>\n
arguments<\/p>\n
have been<\/p>\n
heard<\/p>\n
heated<\/p>\n
although they<\/p>\n
were<\/p>\n
they were<\/p>\n
candid and<\/p>\n
transparent<\/p>\n
opposing counsel<\/p>\n
gave the best<\/p>\n
speech he could<\/p>\n
write from<\/p>\n
somewhere down<\/p>\n
in his bones<\/p>\n
he obviously<\/p>\n
sold his soul<\/p>\n
to the devil<\/p>\n
many moons<\/p>\n
ago<\/p>\n
but his story<\/p>\n
was compelling<\/p>\n
his closing<\/p>\n
argument<\/p>\n
foretelling<\/p>\n
of the verdict<\/p>\n
that would<\/p>\n
crush the<\/p>\n
very existence<\/p>\n
of my spirit<\/p>\n
so with words<\/p>\n
I didn’t trust<\/p>\n
they came out<\/p>\n
in a rush<\/p>\n
but were<\/p>\n
authentic and<\/p>\n
unrehearsed<\/p>\n
the jury hung<\/p>\n
on each word<\/p>\n
caressed the<\/p>\n
pain found in<\/p>\n
each verb<\/p>\n
and danced<\/p>\n
along the<\/p>\n
sentiment<\/p>\n
they found<\/p>\n
when the sound<\/p>\n
grew to silent<\/p>\n
the galley<\/p>\n
was left shocked<\/p>\n
and quiet<\/p>\n
to discuss how<\/p>\n
they felt about<\/p>\n
love that didn’t<\/p>\n
survive<\/p>\n
they wanted this<\/p>\n
one situation<\/p>\n
to reverse<\/p>\n
and there to<\/p>\n
be in the wake<\/p>\n
waiting<\/p>\n
two hearts<\/p>\n
that would travel<\/p>\n
down the same<\/p>\n
road together<\/p>\n
but after two<\/p>\n
half hours of<\/p>\n
whatever<\/p>\n
the deliberation<\/p>\n
was brought<\/p>\n
together<\/p>\n
and it was<\/p>\n
decided in<\/p>\n
the favor of<\/p>\n
the one who<\/p>\n
brought the rose<\/p>\n
with thorns<\/p>\n
that I now oppose<\/p>\n
the love that<\/p>\n
wanted to bundle<\/p>\n
himself in vases<\/p>\n
across my heart<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
FJ original 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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