Time to go in
as the huge doors beckon.
She has her cotton bag
and she’s on her last call.
She’s inside
and she’s confident.
She walks up the winding stairs,
wearing her professional face.
She disappears, and re-appears.
‘Order, Order!’
She’s the judge.
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Image credit: Richard Stachmann @ Unsplash
For the visually challenged reader, this image shows a woman standing on the sidewalk, near a door looking at her phone. There is a handbag in between her hand and a cloth bag hanging from her shoulder.
Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See #251 photo prompt.
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An encounter with the Self; awesome!
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Isn’t she just… Justice!
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She must be! 💖🖖
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Very neat Chris and a great twist at the end! 💜💜
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Glad that you liked that, Willow!
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i did 💜
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To face oneself is important
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Too true, especially if she’s something like a judge, or someone like you!
Thanks, Tanvir.
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Oh this was great take. Unexpected and good. Thanks for joining in my friend
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Odd that, it just popped into my head! Thanks for giving that prompt, Sadje!
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Very cool my friend 🥰
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A great and unexpected ending.
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Thanks very much, Regina!
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Very nice, Chris, and I love the ending!
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Pleased that you liked it. Thanks, Dave.
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Brilliant! Didn’t expect that Chris
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Oh, I’m so pleased. Thanks, Di!
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You’re welcome
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Oh surprise, surprise.. a fabulous poem and take, Chris. Bravo👏
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Thanks so much, Cindy!
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Great twist at the end, Chris. 🙂
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Thanks a lot, Kitty!
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Nice one, Chris. A poetic story with a surprise ending. Well done.
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Thanks, Mason – I will be reading yours soon!😉
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You’re welcome. No pressure to read mine.
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Just read now… excellent story, Mason!
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Thank you, Chris.
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Ah! A good one Chris 🙂
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Thanks so much, Radhika!
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Awesome.
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Thank you, Indira!
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Great, you surprised us all with that ending!
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Thanks so much, Keith!
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HI Chris, I think this is a great poem.
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Aww, thanks so much, Robbie!
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I love this interpretation of the photo!!
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One of those things that just popped into my head! Thanks, Val.
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She is a professional I’d rather not meet…
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Yes, I think most of us agree!
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There was/is a comedy show here that was/is a spin off of an old series called “Night Court”… the young female judge of the new series is the daughter guy Judge on the old series! It was only a 1/2 sit com… but really only maybe 20 minutes of real air time, and there were only so many story lines… we stopped watching it after about a dozen (or less) episodes.
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Oh dear, probably not the best way to do a comedy woman judge?! Not that I’ve seen it.
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Perhaps just to make the whole bit of night court more humane? The Judge was fair though. It was the canned laughter that was annoying.
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Oh yeah, awful canned laughter. Back in the day (a very, very long time), I loved watching M*A*S*H in the UK because there was no canned laughter, but later it changed. Very sad.
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War is hell… the snow ran longer than the war.
Sometimes humor is the only way to get through the really tough times.
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Oh yes, definitely. I was just meaning that it sounds better without the canned laughter. There is smiling and grinning anyway, as well as the sad and dangerous.
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[…] Chris; I’m going in […]
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Lovely twist at the end 💖🍰
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