The Judgement

In my chamber I sat to write my Judgement

After a long day in courtroom brawl

Weeks of arguments, defence

Legal tussle, pleadings

Hearing

I sat with Law Reports, Statutes

Handwritten case summary

Reviewing every detail of law

Every principle

Every issue of contention

I sat to write this Judgement

That will stir nationwide controversy

Of a Judge-turned-judicial-activist

I marked all issues in contention

Read my case summary again and again

With the aid of steaming dormans coffee

This Judgment will be due next week

And what an uproar it will evoke!

I will read it to the packed court

Slowly and steadily

Like an epic tale

I will comfort both the plaintiff and defendant

Soothe their conscience

For a while

Then throw them to disarray

With a legal bonnet thrown into the mix

It will hit them like a thunderbolt

I will read this Judgment to them

And set a precedent in uncharted waters

Journalists and commentators will be thrown off-balance

They will postulate the import of my Judgment

And quote biases feigned as principles

I will sleep in the chambers tonight

Till I finish this Judgment

For the Judgment will be out in the next 48 hours.

C) Lorot Salem 2010