Common Law                 [Part 1 of My Impeachment Trilogy]

An original poem by Chrome Dome Mike Kimbro

Consider reading along to my Spoken Verse Performance.

VERSE 1

Squeezing the steering wheel of my car,

I was definitely in quite a hurry.

And as usual, I was running late.

That's when I heard old Ken Starr,

As he addressed the Senate jury,

Speak two words that made me sit up straight.

VERSE 2

Ken said Congress had the opportunity,

As it relates to statesmen who screw up,

To: "Weave the Tapestry of Common Law."

Back when I first practiced housing unity,

Daddy said that it was time that I grew up.

Then he explained the term "Common Law".

BRIDGE

His mention of marriage did make me freak.

Hey, I wasn't sure that I was ready.

It seemed to me, that just the prior week,

My sweet thing and I were 'going steady'.

Who knew that time brought complications?

And why were my parents grinning?

I couldn't grasp the implications.

Instead of bummed out, you'd think they were winning.

Mom explained, that she and Pa,

Were happy with the deal they were getting.

They got a suitable daughter-in-law,

Without having to pay for a wedding.

VERSE 3

Thanks to the impeachment, we now know,

Why different reactions are incited by,

The phrase: "Tapestry of Common Law".

Some loudly let their glad feelings show.

While, quietly, others may begin to cry,

Damning the "travesty of Common Law".

The End

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