Rewards of Injustice
" I've pondered my nature
in the open will of defiance
stranger before my own
am I the example
of liberty-
summoned unto judgement
before the seats of a fools council
am I bred in open rebellion
pleadged in the court
of deceit-
bear my wretched wings
if they should fall by my side
for I have no grievance
before the sword
of the injustice-
demise is their proven poison
whose sweet intoxication is damning
believing that such justice
might bring the rewards-
that I myself refused "
Mandeville
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