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Riding the Scales

rules must be made for both sides - Libraic scales mind equilibrium equal length pan holders - no unfair weights, no pandering justice must not take sides judges should not be stuck in pockets; moneywise dressed - for success, not their own scales are not a see-saw, not a slide papers read the same in each pan a woman is a woman, a man is a man both seek truth; liberty is watching remember well the book on their heads; straight backs Congress and Senate stay within their own branch powers are kept separate sound minds prevail if a party’s at its precipice, what happens when the weights released?

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Date: 8/11/2024 7:02:00 AM
I like this! Unsolicited advice: If you left out the single lines (first and last--they come across as specific and speculative, decreasing comprehensibility [for the reader] and applicability), it would be publishable and would likely perform well on social media.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 8/11/2024 12:29:00 PM
I appreciate your input Renee. Thank you!
Date: 8/6/2024 5:09:00 AM
Engaging thought provoking poem! I love the way you put this together Kim!
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 8/6/2024 5:19:00 AM
Thank you, Karen! I appreciate you!
Date: 8/2/2024 9:26:00 PM
A very good poem with pertinent innuendos. We need fair justice more than ever. Thanks, I agree with the meaning.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 8/5/2024 4:46:00 PM
Thank you, Hilda!
Date: 7/31/2024 7:36:00 PM
Always a battle to maintain 'scales of righteousness.' It was ever aye...
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 8/5/2024 4:46:00 PM
Truly!
Date: 7/31/2024 12:10:00 PM
I heard somewhere that there is no such thing as 50% if it's 50 50 there is no room for God!
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 7/31/2024 5:04:00 PM
Interesting but not sure how it applies. The justice system should not be about parties but about knowing, researching the law and applying it with fairness. Thank you for your comment. God is over all. Blessings ~ Kim
Date: 7/31/2024 11:20:00 AM
This is intriguing. I'm not very political, but that does not mean I didn't get a lesson from this poem. I do know our freedoms are slowly being compromised....clever ppetess <3
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 7/31/2024 4:59:00 PM
Thanks, Paige. I don’t write much political poetry. Bless you
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Paige Hind
Date: 7/31/2024 11:20:00 AM
poetess* :)
Date: 7/31/2024 7:44:00 AM
Balance requires logic, sanity~~often absent now and getting worse! Well-done, Kim, thought-provoking. Janice
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 7/31/2024 9:07:00 AM
Thank you, Janice!
Date: 7/31/2024 6:22:00 AM
I think it only can be downhill. I don't think it will bounce up. LOL..Good one. I enjoyed reading it. Is it the same for our nation as we once knew it? Sara K
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 7/31/2024 6:32:00 AM
There is a reason for separate powers. We should be suspicious when there is no balance. No answers forthcoming…I remember when you hd to answer. Be suspicious when words are given to the media on repeat. This is not thought-filled, no debate…this is not how America is thought to operate. Stifling thought and conversation is not freedom in action. Thank you, sweet poet, for reading and commenting.

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