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Case Dismissed True Story

It was another so so day in the courtroom No reporter with their note pad, no big cases The Judge may have been hung over, but who knows They had to wait, the court reporter was in the restroom Everyone was half asleep, a lot of long faces No one was really on their toes The lawyers were trying to decide which side of the truth That they were going to be on that day Mostly traffic tickets, if times a divorce or two Like they were all fighting for the truth Bottom line though someone had to pay Most would do what they had to do The Judge entered, took his place on the bench as usual At the defense table, the lawyer and his defendant She had a short skirt on, wore a lot of make up Her young lawyer was laid back, dressed sort of casual She was a lady of the night in this incident Had spent the night in the local lock up She crossed her legs with a big smile, whispered in her attorney's ear "We have got this one won, the Judge was my date last night" The lawyer almost had a cardiac arrest Then out of desperation and fear Ran to the bench to shed this new light The old Judge would be put to the test His eyes blinked several times and rolled to the back of his head Coughed and stuttered, the lawyer took his seat She smiled and said, " Baby, he has been kissed" The Judge just knew that he was dead In the middle of winter, he was feeling the heat "The defendant has entered some kind of plea.........CASE DISMISSED

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