Dear Doctor C,
I’m called for jury service –
the courts want me (for a
pittance) to serve as a juror
some time later this year –
unless I’m ill, or whatever.
I grant it could be interesting,
a citizen’s worthy duty...
but getting to court from so far out
and home again late afternoon –
the very idea exhausts me.
Kindly write a note vouching
I’m currently in your care
for chronic narcolepsy...
or shall I just say I should be
excused for ‘advanced age’?
They won’t want a juror
who’s visibly on the point
of dropping off, or starting up
like the dormouse in ‘Alice’:
I heard every word you fellows said.
Sincerely yours, Max.
Doncaster, Victoria
223 July 2008
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