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Butterfly Effect - ressourcesfeministes

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(a simple enough affair)<br />

and once to correct an error of history.<br />

Halfway through the proceedings<br />

they attached me to the bar with articulated weapons.<br />

My shoulders ached in a memory of medieval justice.<br />

My supporters attempted a futile protest.<br />

Tears strolled down my face.<br />

My movement restricted to a slight turn of the head.<br />

After the testimonies they cut me down.<br />

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I walked out into the cooling moonrise air,<br />

sat in silence and steeled myself to return.<br />

Again I listened to fabricated, partial evidence.<br />

There was no pity in that room.<br />

Soon the court was over.<br />

The kangaroo perched above the judge’s head.<br />

My head was uncovered.<br />

We left, three of us, to debrief.<br />

Two weeks later, sore from my injuries<br />

I watched the main players

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