178. Jury Duty

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178. Jury Duty: Write a short story or poem that takes place in a courtroom.

Pulses, underneath my finger tips

Chair wooden tap tap tap

Beat beat beat said the heart

I will beat beat beat out of your arms

Silence, stretched tight

Straining, thin, see-through over them

I can feel the light shivering

Eyes in sockets quivering

Stay still, don't move, the verdict is coming

The whispers of doubt

Creep creep hiss I am

The verdict the verdict THE VERDICT --!

"I pronounce the defendant--"

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