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Book 13 Page 7

The law is just a game

 

“The law is “just a game.”

 

So say’s; the poor in the game.

So say’s; the pawns in the game.

So say’s the population in the main.

 

The law is a game

of suppression and domination,

of order and of rule.

The law is a game

where the privilege

may be cruel.

 

A game invented

by the rich,

and played out upon the poor.

A game of many pointing fingers,

accusations! of;

“wrong doer, criminal! whore!”

 

The law is “just a game” some say;

a game that the poor must play

as the rich throw the dice

in this game of ‘virtue and vice'

and of expensive

legal advice.

 

The law is a game

that is hard to ignore.

But some say it is mainly a game invented

by the rich

and played out upon,

the poor.

 

© Written by Dominic John Gill www.poetry.net.au  dominicj7@poetry.net.au 2/2/00