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sodpossom
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since 2001-06-15

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N.C

0 posted 2002-01-26 10:49 AM

Happy-happy,joy-joy
jury duty,oh boy!
Time to full-fill my cilvil duty
I just as soon to have a cootie.

Lies and truths,truths and lies
defense hired,alibies.
Twisted stories and facts stretched
the more I hear the more far-fetched.

Shall I be chosen or shall they pass me by?
Hell if they pick me,I say let him fry!

Startime
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since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

1 posted 2002-01-26 11:25 AM

*giggling* oh yes...it is hard in this world to tell the truth from the lies....This poem described this duty perfectly. **big hugs**

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Kit McCallum

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2 posted 2002-01-26 11:28 AM

This was great Sodpossom, LOL. I'll bet if you read this to the judge, he'll excuse you from jury duty, lol!

Thanks for the grins!

Best wishes,
/Kit

N orth Carolina Girl
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since 2001-12-04

Posts 962
NC,USA

3 posted 2002-01-26 11:31 AM

Stevie,you`ve gotten off the last couple of times.i`m glad its you and not me.

Love,mama

VAS
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since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

4 posted 2002-01-26 11:47 AM

Hey, YOU! What happened to "Innocent until proven guilty?!?"

A delightfully playful piece that certainly isn't the real emotion by which you face your civic duty. After all, should you ever need the same of 12 others, you'd want their frivolity to be confined to the levity outside the chair. The panel chair, that is. :O}

A fun and humorous way to deal with some of life's entries.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Tim
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since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

5 posted 2002-01-26 12:13 PM

Day after day,
excuses I hear,
From upstanding citizens,
Who want out of here.

Some are quite humorous,
Some are quite dumb,
But I'll end with a dozen,
When voir dire is done.

They rant and they rave,
some even have cried,
But they'll be the jury,
and they must decide.

The fate of a person,
rests in their hands,
No laughing and griping,
when justice demands.

Some don't like lawyers,
Most want out of there,
But in doing there duty,
Then juries are fair.

People don't like to be on juries? Never would have guessed... hehe...
enjoyed the poem.

sodpossom
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since 2001-06-15

Posts 723
N.C

6 posted 2002-01-26 12:17 PM

Startime
I've been on the jury one time and that was enough.Everybody needs to do it at least once.Thanks for reading!

sodpossom
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N.C

7 posted 2002-01-26 12:18 PM

Kit
Thats exactly what my wife said.I think I might do it because I hate it.Thanks for reading!

sodpossom
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N.C

8 posted 2002-01-26 12:20 PM

Mama
I'm tired of having to weasle out of it.Why can't they just leave me alone!

sodpossom
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Posts 723
N.C

9 posted 2002-01-26 12:21 PM

Vas
You're right,but I don't want to be the one to make that decision.

sodpossom
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N.C

10 posted 2002-01-26 12:23 PM

Tim
Enjoyed your poem.It was better than mine.I'm one of those that likes to come up with excuses not to do it.One time was enough for me!

strbbux
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11 posted 2002-01-26 12:25 PM

HAHAHAH sodpossom I am falling off my chair laughing,, this is so so good and true, I hate when you get called and travel down there and sit all day and they don't call you. great write. floria

Floria

"Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

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Portland, Oregon

12 posted 2002-01-26 12:29 PM

(giggles in delight) Your words always make me smile, sweet friend, it would be exciting to go for jury duty just once just to hear all the truths and lies and absurdity but then never more after that! (smiles) We all love you so much, sweet friend, you are a dleight to us all! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Stevie, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

catalinamoon

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since 2000-06-03

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The Shores of Alone

13 posted 2002-01-26 12:38 PM

Ha Ha, I have escaped so far..may the lucky streak continue..
Sandra

Victoria

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since 2000-08-12

Posts 5869

14 posted 2002-01-26 01:06 PM

Oh yes ive been there a few times...i was only picked once so far..cute poem..

~Vic

You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.

-Ziggy

Dr.Moose1
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Bewilderment , USA

15 posted 2002-01-26 02:22 PM

sodpossum,
Just got notified the other day myself.
Don't know if my usual excuse will work this
time. Everyone is entitled to a jury of their peers, but , since I don't have any that I'm aware of, they usually let me off.
Clever write. Much enjoyed.
Doc

sodpossom
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N.C

16 posted 2002-01-26 03:28 PM

Floria
Its really not how I like to spend my time.You know its bad when I had rather be at work.

sodpossom
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N.C

17 posted 2002-01-26 03:29 PM

Noah
Since you have never been,I will just let you take my place.

sodpossom
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N.C

18 posted 2002-01-26 03:30 PM

Sandra
Maybe you will stay lucky,but if they ever call you,you can look out.They will call you every week!

sodpossom
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19 posted 2002-01-26 03:32 PM

Victoria
I was picked once also.The last 4 times I weasled out of it.

sodpossom
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N.C

20 posted 2002-01-26 03:34 PM

Doc
Maybe I will see you there!Maybe not,I hope that phone call I make tells me to stay at the house!

Kethry
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since 2000-07-29

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Victoria Australia

21 posted 2002-01-26 03:37 PM

Stevie, cool poem lol...you could always tell thenm you're pregnant that always worked for me.

Keth

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

sodpossom
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22 posted 2002-01-26 03:39 PM

Kethry
Thanks!I will try that.Thats one of the few I've never tried.lol.

Balladeer

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23 posted 2002-01-26 10:55 PM

The only jury I would have liked to be on was OJ's..........

Greeneyes

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In Your Poetic Mind

24 posted 2002-01-26 10:57 PM

Y I K E S ~

Neat write, I always hated jury duty--only due to my profession now....

Lauren~

Step through the
barrier of my mind,
enter my soul,
feel my desire,
let my eyes guide you
into the shadows
of my heart

[This message has been edited by Greeneyes (01-26-2002 10:57 PM).]

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05

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Michigan

25 posted 2002-01-27 12:31 PM

Great subject, Stevie... and a real good poem!
I don't think they'd believe you were pregnant though...like Keth suggested....You're too skinny!
Why don't you just go there and bring a notebook with you and you can write lots of poetry about all the different people you observe all day long....then, we could have the fun of reading about all of those characters...
But you really shouldn't weasel out of it, because it is your civic duty...and besides you might make the judge mad and then you might end up being on trial instead of being in the jury!

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

26 posted 2002-01-27 12:48 PM

I recall having been selected once and think I turned it down because of a previous commitment, but it's as you suggest there's enough cr*p dished out makes you not want to
participate in the first place

passing shadows
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displaced

27 posted 2002-01-27 01:53 AM

hehehe, maybe you'll get a trial like the one I had to go to for work purposes, short and sweet...

Midnitesun

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28 posted 2002-01-27 02:16 AM

LOL, I've been on JD twice, and called two other times. Why are they always picking on me? Actually, JD can be interesting. But I saw an awful lot of dramatic acting going on in both trials in which I served. Good poem. Show this to one or both attorneys or the judge if you are brave. You'll be out the door before they open it.

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

29 posted 2002-01-27 07:57 PM

OH yes...do I ever know this feeling...Yep...
fry away...anyone for frenchfries or tater
tots???

RosePetal

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since 2001-08-26

Posts 2985
South Florida

30 posted 2002-01-27 10:34 PM

oh man, jury duty has to be so frustrating.
Especially when half the jurors think someone is guilty and the other half thinks they are innocent! I have never been called for jury duty yet, but I'll bet soon It will be my turn, I do not look forward to it.

ThUnDeRkYsS
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since 1999-09-23

Posts 727
Wisconsin

31 posted 2002-01-27 10:37 PM

LOL perfect timing on this one, sort of surprised to see it in here to tell you the truth

Just finishing up my month of jury duty quite ironically... joy joy is right!! Had to go in like 7 times so far, what fun. Funny stuff here, liked it.

Strive for higher levels, if they seem out of reach... Grow, and they will get closer.

Larry C

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32 posted 2002-01-27 10:42 PM

sodpossum,

Of juries it's fun to make cracks,
As long as you don't live in Iraq.
But heaven help the day you need one,
For we'd rather be busy having some fun.

Funny poem but serious topic.

[This message has been edited by Larry C (01-27-2002 10:45 PM).]

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