<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414555" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Self Convicted for Friend Charles Taylor</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Mandarin inscrutable<br> is clad in robes of rich brocade.<br>There before him on the table<br> a dagger with a bloodstained blade.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As magistrate he must decide<br> by weighing up he evidence. <br>Which suspect has or has not lied.<br>Pronounce on guilt and innocence.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There’s no appeal his word is law.<br>He wields supreme authority <br>and he has seen it all before.<br>Considers it objectively.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He can read thoughts or so it seems<br>the guilty man believes this true.<br> Caught up in his own twisted schemes<br> as guilty men are wont to do.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Betrays himself and leaves no doubt<br> about his guilt, it’s plain to see.<br>The mandarin says take him out<br> execute him immediately<br>. <br> In this way was justice served <br>The mandarin inscrutable<br>said little but close observed <br>which man was most uncomfortable.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He might be wrong it’s possible.<br>His knowledge of psychology<br> makes it highly improbable.<br>That’s why he holds authority.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">3-Jun-08</div><div style="margin:10px 0">http: // blog.myspace.com/poeticpiers</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414555" data-title="Self Convicted for Friend Charles Taylor de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="The Mandarin inscrutable is clad in robes of rich brocade. There before him on the table a dagger with a bloodstained blade. As magistrate he must decide by weighing up he evidence. Which suspect has or has not lied. Pronounce on guilt and in..."></div> </div> </div>

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