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| 'The OJ Simpson murder trial became a symbol of all that was wrong with America: a legal system that could be manipulated and bought; allegations of police racism and planted evidence, dividing the nation by colour. Simpson become an unlikely folk hero to many and the "Trial of the Century" became a media circus. When the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, Kim [Goldman, victim Ron Goldman's sister] recalls: "I couldn't breathe. I couldn't hold myself up.”' --The Express (UK) June 7, 2014 |
Ideology aside, in
the real world of
touch and feel---
being OJ matters,
while innocence and
guilt mean something,
OJ ish ness closes
the deal--- whether
he did it or not.
As a neuron-wired
knee jerk fancy
ad sells you a
crappy product,
a sweet-talking
harmonica mouthpiece
more than suffices.
May take eleven months
of attorney bills, but
better that than the two
short weeks it takes the
Court to send those
other poor jokers off for
death by injection of sour
drugs---no choking or
squirming for 25 minutes.
So when the glove don't
fit, you must acquit
I'm so sick and tired of
seeing that disgusting
smile on re-runs after
the jury came back
I could spit my guts out.
But every poor slob
should have one of those
silver-tongued bought
lying serpents---we'd save
a lot in prison costs.
Hell, the almighty dollar
even sells you a pet
rock---a pet what?
imagine that, a pet rock.
you don't have to
feed, clothe or
bathe it,
but you can't even
take the silly furless
little thing to work
with you for any
meaningful company,
not exactly prototypical
Aristotelian natural wealth.
Pet rocks even
make that glittering
fools' gold look good
by comparison---
the emperor's new
clothes on stilts,
just the best wool
wig pulled over
the peepers that's
out there.
Gil Hoy received a B.A in Philosophy from Boston University, an M.A. in Government from Georgetown University, and a law degree from the University of Virginia. Gil also is an elected member of the Brookline, MA Democratic Town Committee, and served as a Brookline, MA Selectman for 12 years. Gil studied poetry at Boston University, and started writing his own poetry in February of this year. His first poem “When Doctor Death Calls” was published in Volume #47 of Soul Fountain. “An Unjust Law” and “When Gandhi Lay Dying” were published in April and May, respectively, in The New Verse News. Gil is married, with three children, and lives in Brookline, MA.