THE LAWS ARE THE CUCKOLDS, ALAS
1.
Laws
are to
lobbyists
as cuckolds
to coquettes:
Laws
are to
lobbyists
as cuckolds
to coquettes:
Effort
and
ingredients
define all effects.
and
ingredients
define all effects.
Law
resembles
Justice,
as cuckold
seems husband,
resembles
Justice,
as cuckold
seems husband,
but
greatest counterfeit
can’t equal
or intend.
greatest counterfeit
can’t equal
or intend.
2.
Seduction
begins as a quest
abetted by a con
leads to conquest
Seduction
begins as a quest
abetted by a con
leads to conquest
3.
justice
stiffens into lawform
melts in passion's heat
dissipates
back
into myst ery
melts in passion's heat
dissipates
back
into myst ery
just/ice
This one takes some real thinking, but I think if I were asked to write a short essay on what the author means by his words, I could do it. I get the meaning of the slash in the final word.
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