Our lives are largely guided
by what cabinets and bureaus have decided.

Rulings from the bench, it seems
can banish hopes, puncture dreams.

Motions to the chair from the floor
have often led to civil war.

And who has such bold conceit
to ignore the power of his county seat?

Gene Newman is a retired old guy (90 yrs) and former New Jersey journalist and columnist. Read more at GeneNewmanImagineThat.com.