“Precedent” a poem by the Bard of Murdock

It’s Sunday and today’s poem by The Bard of Murdock could have been titled “Judicial Prejudice”. The poem was originally published on Sunday, July 21,2013. Please be sure to read the article linked by the Bard before reading the poem.

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Precedent

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Article link: Judge halts bankruptcy because it dishonorsObama

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The judge was irked

With how he worked

The details of his case.

You cheated, sir!

Heard he from her,

And that is your disgrace.

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And well beyond,

The case you spawned

With poisonous intent,

You did not show

An apropos

Respect for precedent.

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The common law

On which we draw

Is now completely bound,

To every word

Which is conferred

By him whom we have crowned.

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Your chief defect

Is disrespect

For what Obama said,

And in this court

You may not thwart

The path on which he tread.

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I order you

To first undo

Your case by piece and part,

And then to find

The piece of mind

That comes through change of heart.

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And furthermore,

To answer for

The disrespect you’ve shown,

Forevermore

To bow before

The presidential throne.

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My goal is to produce poetical cartoons. I try to use metaphors and caricatures (or a politician’s own words) to address complex political and social situations. In this way, I sum up current events in humorous verse.