coming to courthouse
hoping for resolution
to mediate the differences
to have calmer heads prevail;
but coming to realize
that is a pipe dream
seeing their eyes
as they come together
eyes of our clients
panic in the hallways
on the steps of the court
as an animal, a deer,
caught in the dense forest
nowhere to run, caught ,
in unfamiliar territory
the wolves on the hunt
not knowing what to do
only wanting to run
calming frightened deer
to bring them back, from the edge,
to the table, to mediation,
regaining some composure
some semblance they are human
governed by reason, by thought
that they are controlled
by the brain, the cortex,
yet for an instant propelled
back eons of life, ancient
returning to a more primitive state
where law has no meaning
when instinct alone saved lives
not knowing what to do
frightened deer before the hunter
smelling the scent of the predator
their all to familiar tormentor
only wanting to run
to flee from the courthouse
to fight another day;
not feeling that they are safe,
not on common ground
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edited February 7, 2015
calming the frightened
deer – v7
(merging edits to version
5 and version 6)
edited April 12, 2014
calming the frightened
deer – v6
(editing original again)
Edited November 9, 2013
calming the frightened
deer – v5
(editing version 2 again)
Edited October 1, 2013
calming the frightened
deer – v4
(editing version 2)
Edited August 30, 2013
calming the frightened
deer – v3
Edited June 19, 2013 and
June 20, 2013
calming the frightened
deer – v2
June 16, 2012
calming the frightened
deer
&
edited February 6, 2015
A hiss of the snake – v11
(editing version 8)
edited November 26, 2014
A hiss of the snake – v10
(editing version 3)
edited November 19, 2014
A hiss of the snake – v9
(editing original again)
edited May 14, 2014
A hiss of the snake – v8
(editing version 6)
which had 17 page views on 5/14/14)
edited February 19, 2014
A hiss of the snake – v7
(editing original again)
Edited December 24, 2013
A hiss of the snake – v6
(editing version 2)
Edited November 29, 2013
“A hiss of the snake – v5”
(editing original again)
Edited September 29, 2013
“A hiss of the snake – v4
(editing original again)
Edited August 1, 2013
“A hiss of the snake – v3
June 30, 2012
“A hiss of the snake – v2”
see also
edited July 2, 2012
(adding fifth verse)
started writing after
reading
“one wakes within us – v2”
July 2, 2012
at the Poet’s Corner
monthly poetry readings
Suncook Senior Center
edited July 1, 2012
&
June 30, 2012
“A hiss of the snake”
June 29, 2012
Chapter Two of book ,A
General Theory of Love
entitled “Kits, Cats,
Sacks, and Uncertainty”
with Gene Wolfe quote
&
written after attending
and beginning to read the
handouts from
NH Bar Continuing Legal
Education seminar
“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”
Where Divorce Practice,
Neuroscience, and Legal
Conflict Resolution
Intersect
with Pauline H. Tesler
June 14, 2012
&
triune brain
&
mirror neurons
&
Amygdala hijack -
wikipedia
&
subliminal persuasion
priming
video – “Derren Brown -
Mind Control”
&
It Takes a Village
&
It Takes a Family
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