Verdict
by Richard Schnap
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She debated whether
to become a lawyer
or minister to the poor
While she consumed Kafka
and surrendered to the hands
of arctic hearted men
Her dark poems
were wingless birds
taunted by the sky
As she made her choice
the allure of cold justice
over the rescue of the soul
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