Silence in Court

The lawyer speaks with legal ease

Each clause and covenant conveyed

Intently quoting precedent

On proofs and evidence displayed

On the plaintiff are assumptions

Of which eye witness claims infer

A case in point strains argument

Which trial by reason must concur

In concluding final summaries

Each submission duly tested

A Judge gives guidance to the jury

On balance verdicts best contested

In locked rooms discussions under strain
On the merits either way
Where the burden of the final word
Not one but all must have their say