The rule of law
can’t be in force if we don’t play
the game of law.
Law is a game we agreed to play
(like Keep your laws off my body!),
but what if someone steals law’s ball?
Granted, the Mosaic screed
and the code of Hammurabi
had a force of law
no one could steal or sell,
and tooth and claw
have force of law
precisely because life is not
a game. High hopes for a ball,
but a demon stole circularity away.
Now the game of law
can’t be won or lost, because every line’s
a curve—we can break laws and go free
because the rule of law
has been declared to be null and void, y’all!
Will we live to see the day
when we play by the kinder rules
of the game of love?
