the play's not just the thing we have to catch
more than a king's conscience the very sense
of justice that is shared and the dense
network of meanings for now we must match
our nearest rivals and then contrive to snatch
victory at a time when the most intense
emotions are rising and when no pretense
of anything but truth can in this place unlatch
the secret heart that enmity would bind
to do us hurt and still to crush our hopes
while others laugh and cheer loudly when we cry
in pain for mercy and who with words unkind
applaud when we've been forced back on the ropes
those who are sorry that we don't just die
13 January 2007
the other battle
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