Case First Stated

 

 

A case first stated

Tends to be seen as right

And if it is left unchallenged

It becomes might.

 

It’s all we have

With no other recourse

Just like a landslide election

And concomitant force.

 

I travelled to T n T

To attend Wesleyan Congress,

This was way back in 1972:

One was the best.

 

 

While commuting

Along a congested street

Our car collided with another;

Just a side sweep.

 

The drivers got out

And mark their positions

And then rushed to the station

To win the decision.

 

The one arriving first

And getting his story out

Appeared far more believable

Putting the other in doubt.

 

A case first stated

Tends to be seen as right

And if it is left unchallenged

It becomes might.

 

 

Like the boxing match

In the Olympics,

That a man fought a woman,

Was my verdict.

 

That was so unjust

Not to mention unfair,

One could see in that mismatch

The woman was scared.

 

Forty-five seconds

Was as long as it last,

There was no doubt in my mind

The woman was outclassed.

 

Since the initial report

I’ve heard a lot more,

Many more twists and turns

Have come to the fore.

 

But still in my mind is,

A man beat a woman

And in the Olympics going forward

This may be more common.

 

A case first stated

Tends to be seen as right

And for me, though challenged,

It is still might.

 

Power to the woman

Who fought the man,

He may have been a woman

But I'm still her fan.

 

Stewart Russell © August 6, 2024