“The Justice Boat”* – A Poem for Judge Sueli Pini …
sailing through Amazonia,
“The Justice Boat” traverses the archipelago,
bringing justice,
a measure of human dignity,
to those who are almost,
always,
the forgotten.
There is a Dentist on board,
extracting molars at midnight,
with the aid of a pocket torch,
and there’s Judge Sueli Pini,
tirelessly striving to bring justice to those most in need of justice,
from neighbourly disputes,
to child – support payments withheld by errant fathers,
the Judge brings the courts to the people,
“The Justice Boat” sails on,
and may the boat of justice,
sail ever on …
* – “The Justice Boat”
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/fightforamazonia/2012/02/201222713552170402.html
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