Justice by Deconstruction

Pictures of the lovely children
On their first birthday... priceless
What could compare ? Who shall set a value?
Perhaps the same 12 fools.

Her wedding gown in for dry-cleaning
Stolen in the robbery.
Surely the loss far exceeded the $3000. cost.
Indeed the money could never be enough.

How, the plaintiff's attorney asked,
Could there be enough money to assauge the loss,
Hours, days, weeks spent shopping,
Now the beautiful garment was gone.

Memories of the glorious night,
Gone without the magic gown.
How could the marriage survive?
What of the unborn children?

Yes, there were the pictures and video,
But only a philistine would think
Such synthetic images could
Hope to mitigate the damage.

No! Certainly the emotional distress
Caused by the loss would never completely heal.
Obviously, a superior security system,
That included “armed” response, should have been in place.

Now the 12 jurors will value the priceless,
Teach that Dry-Cleaner he must pay for this outrage,
Repent!
And ease the suffering of the lawyer bride.