Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Lady Justice. Lady Justice stands before us, blindfolded, And holding up her scales of Rightful Balance. So, to give a verdict, how does she judge: The taking of territory and killing to maintain a presence Occurring, perhaps for the thousands of years of human history; The raping of the other's women and girls to humiliate and anger; To conquer in the name of a religion which is always 'right and true'; To initiate genocide to rid the undesirable other; To maintain schools and centers of propaganda to influence minds; To block commerce in order to starve the other into submission; To threaten with deadly weapons to cause inaction of the 'rightful other'; And on to whatever action of injustice the human mind might concoct. Frank Maurer 11 March 2024 0540 Hours.