cHIEF jUSTICE rICHARDSON
                                    
                                                 
                                                  bY mStMUSZE
                                                  copyright 2005


we’re in despair
and yes, we know how we got there
from the coast to the field
to the streets where we would yield

to the good ole law and order of
the o.g. good ole boys
til they started with the murders
or our youngest girls and boys

we do suspect
we know just what we can expect
in a room that deals out justice
like a store gives out rain checks

we know today
that there is not another way
but to place ourselves among them
who can hear and try and say

what is just

even if it is just one
descendant of a slave
named chief justice richardson
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