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Poem: "Bending the Arc Toward Justice"

Aug 12, 2014 17:15

This poem came out of the August 5, 2014 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from

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janetmiles August 13 2014, 00:26:58 UTC

I like the way Kelly and Dale handle this.

One question -- why does Dale call Johnny "Danny" here?

Dale gave him a stern look.
"You didn't take an oath
to keep people happy, Danny.
You took an oath to keep them safe."

Thank you! ysabetwordsmith August 13 2014, 00:41:12 UTC

>> I like the way Kelly and Dale handle this. <<

I'm happy to hear that.

>> One question -- why does Dale call Johnny "Danny" here? <<

That's a typo, fixed now. I conflated their names.

technoshaman August 13 2014, 03:40:42 UTC

Reminds me of the TNG episode "The First Duty", and also "Clear and Present Danger"... Admiral Greer, giving his last lesson, reminds Jack of who is oath is to.

Johnny Long will do okay. He may be uncomfortable a few times... and he may learn to be a sneaky bastard in ways IA might not care if they knew... but sometimes you gotta do that to make sure *justice* is served.

Thank you! ysabetwordsmith August 13 2014, 08:03:39 UTC

>> Reminds me of the TNG episode "The First Duty", and also "Clear and Present Danger"... Admiral Greer, giving his last lesson, reminds Jack of who is oath is to. <<

Yyyyeah.

>> Johnny Long will do okay. He may be uncomfortable a few times... and he may learn to be a sneaky bastard in ways IA might not care if they knew... but sometimes you gotta do that to make sure *justice* is served. <<

I think so. One option for whistleblowing is simply to do it anonymously.