In Ein Handel mit dem Teufel, oder Die Waage der Gerechtigkeit Zerschmettert verurteilt das Gedicht Donald Trumps willkürliche Begnadigungen von über 1.500 Verbrechern (die sogenannten J6) und hebt die gefährliche Aushöhlung der Gerechtigkeit unter seiner unkontrollierten Macht hervor. Es ist ein Aufruf, sich der Korruption zu stellen, die das Gesetz verzerrt und die Rechenschaftspflicht untergräbt, während die Macht die Regeln zu ihren eigenen Gunsten biegt.
A single stroke absolves the guilty mass,
Fifteen-hundred freed by power’s crass.
The jailer casts his keys into the dust,
A president decrees, “Because I lust.”
What worth has law, if criminals it crowns?
The judge is mute; dissent meets power's frowns.
Fifteen-hundred stride the streets unbound,
While justice kneels where greed and power are found.
No thought of penance frees their wayward souls,
But tyrant’s whims now tear apart the scrolls.
Freedom’s price is paid with crooked decrees,
While truth lies shattered, scattered in the breeze.
This shame parades in silence, unchecked might,
While justice weeps unseen, denied her right.
What hope remains when laws are cast aside,
And pardoned sin walks free in reckless pride?
O citizens who see this grim charade,
Will courage rise to face what’s been betrayed?
Or will you stand as cowards let it be,
While power mocks what once kept justice free?
All rights belong to its author. It was published on e-Stories.org by demand of Rolph David.
Published on e-Stories.org on 01/22/2025.
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