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2/4/2026 for Voir dire on Love Poetry Contest sponsored by Suzette Richards

Case No 3-2-2026

dear ladies
and good gentlemen
having heard testimony  
from the Everlys 

consider   
love – the accused, sitting miserably before you
with his alter ego, hate
heart-broken, hurting 
having, in a fleet moment 
experienced agony and ecstasy 
I ask you
to acquit

this is a case of temporary insanity
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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