Without Another Voice

Alone before the master
standing in the dock,
at the table
their abuser beside them
the bailiff on guard
No one with them
no advocate, no witness
her word against his
before the master’s judgment

November 15, 2011
on the elimination of Guardian ad Litem funding
in the NH Budget

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