JUSTICE #3

MERHABA MY FRIENDS

"GUILTY ".
THE DEFENDANT STOOD SCREAMING
OBSCENITIES AT THE JUDGE AND JURY,
SHOUT OF `YES` CAME FROM AROUND
THE COURTROOM.
THE GUILTY MAN`S FAMILY AND FRIENDS
STORMED FROM THE UPSTAIRS GALLERY
HURLING ABUSE AT ANYONE IN THERE PATH.
THE DEFENDANT WAS HELD EITHER SIDE BY
TWO BURLY PRISON GUARDS, TRYING TO
RESTRAIN HIM SO THRY COULD GET THE
CUFFS ON HIM, AS HE CONTINUED TO USE
HAND GESTURES TOWARDS THE JURY.
HE LET LOOSE HIS GRIP ON THE RAILS
AND LOWERED HIS HEAD , TEARS STREAMING
DOWN HIS FACE. `JUSTICE` HE SAID TO
HIMSELF. `JUSTICE`.
HE SLUMPED DOWN ON TO THE BENCH,
MENTAL DRAINED AND PHYSICALLY SHATTERED.
HIS HEART WAS POUNDING, ALMOST DEAFENING.
HE LOOKED AT THE GUILTY MAN AS HE WAS
DRAGGED DOWN THE STAIRWELL TO THE UNDER
GROUND CELLS BENEATH THE COURT ROOMS,
STILL PROTESTING AND THREATENING .
THE DARK CLOUDS THAT HAD BEEN HANGING OVER
HIM FOR THE PAST MONTH HAD DIAPERED, CALMNESS
ENTERED HIS BODY, A WIRY SMILE ON HIS FACE AS HE
GLANCED OVER AT THE DEPARTING JURY, AND NODDED
A `THANK YOU`, TO NO ONE IN PARTICULAR.
AFTER BEING IN THE SEMI DARKNESS OF THE COURT
ROOM, HE NOW STOOD ON THE COURTHOUSE STEPS
IN BLAZING SUNLIGHT.
YET HE WAS STILL ALONE.
HIS FIRST STOP WAS THE CEMETERY, TO TALK TO HIS
LATE WIFE, AND TELL HER THE GOOD NEWS.
WITH THE FRESHLY LAYED FLOWERS GLISTENING IN
THE SUNLIGHT HE SLOWLY HEADED HOME.
HE NEVER MENTIONED THE CONVERSATION THAT HE`D
HAD TWO NIGHTS PREVIOUS, IN THE WORN OUT WINE
BAR, DOWN SOME SEEDY BACK LANE.
HE NEVER KEPT ANY SECRETS FROM HIS WIFE IN ALL
THEIR TIME TOGETHER, EXCEPT THIS ONE.
HE WAS TOLD THE `CONTRACT` ON THE `GUILTY` ONE,
WOULD BE TAKEN OUT WITHIN THE COMING HOURS
AFTER THE VERDICT, GUILTY OR NOT.
HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE `HEADLINES` IN
THE MORNING PAPERS. `JUSTICE` HE SAID,
WILL BE SEVERED WITH BREAKFAST.

TURK ;(}