all the words on every parchment
ever voted on and signed with a pen
aren't worth the paper they're written on
and arguably, never have been
solemnities penned for the ages
about "good" and "right" and "fairness"
were but hollow prevarifications
to dupe those who lack an awareness
of the fundamental rule of governance
covered over by that stuff, "history"
that stealing can never be legal*
*except, of course, when it's made to be
stephenhsmith
9July2007
