Jurors not authorized to leave room.
Police officer monitors phone.
Sticker badge assigns me twenty-eight
Waiting, I wash and eat purple grapes.
All stand and rise for honorable,
Wonder about case ponderable.
Judge asks us dutiful citizenry
If we hold bias against battery.
Jurors who claim objectivity
Satisfy lawyers through honesty.
Enter gate to shiny olive seat,
Raise right hand for oath before debate.
Clerk stutters and mumbles words unclearly,
I look confused so Judge dismisses me.
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