Crime & Punishment

Justice is forgiveness –
it is surely heard
in the bishop's song
to the con Jean Valjean;

for the brave melody
he sings to the cops –
that climbs like a prayer –
is the same sung by Javert:

the restless pursuer,

that relentless judge

who sorely assumed
justice equals judgment.

And justice surely does.
But where does it lie,
this judgment? On the
back of a thief or a

Priest? And who possesses
the privilege to try
and to deal out death
but God and God Himself?


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