Justice Is as Justice Does

July 7, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. This week’s theme is Independence Day (USA), which falls on July 4th.

Today’s poem is a July 4^th poem about the influence of the past on the present.

I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Justice is as justice does.

Under every is, is was.

Laws must be applied by those

Yet longing for their long agos.

For every change imposed by will

Oppressions linger, strangle, kill.

Underneath equality

Remains a brutal legacy,

The wandering ghost of slavery

Haunting still our history.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/justi2.html. For more poems for Independence Day, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/july4thpoems.html.

This week’s theme: Independence Day (USA)

July 3: Fantasies Endure the Test of Time

July 4: Just Think of How It Was That Hot July

July 5: I Wish There Were a Washington

July 6: In Every Heart There Is, of Course, Corruption

July 7: Justice Is as Justice Does