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DUE PROCESS

give the Devil
his due

saw him hauled into
court for
every human rights
violation in
the book

mainly because
he wrote the book
(proudly proclaiming
we are
    still
   only half through it)

been up to his crimes
against us
    since the beginning
of time

which i am here
to spin as
  errors of omission, simple
misdemeanors

with this battery of lawyers
up against us
how on Earth could
guilt be proved
beyond
reasonable, terrible,
existential doubt

and with jury
of peers from
    the ranks and files of
humanity
carefully conscripted

and that Jagger-
Richards song fatally ringing
in all
    our ears

a convinction on
even the slightest and
most trivial and
totally indefensible
political offence
amongst all
of which he
stands accused of
commiting since
the dawn
of time itself

impoosible to get
the court
sure

to reject
   upon which, as I open
my case for the defence,

would
   bet my life and
immortal soul itself

so give the Devil his due
his day
    in court and

trust the process