Final Appeal

The defendant, your honor,
who now stands before you,
pleads not guilty,
and would like to countersue.

This lifetime trial has grown quite old.
The defendant has been wrongly accused.
It's one thing to base suspicion on past record,
but not when another's history is used.

Living daily before the jury
is not at all deserved.
My client was pending sentence
before the papers were even served.

The defendant requests a countersuit
on grounds of mental cruelty.
The plaintiff refuses to open his eyes.
Perhaps, that maks him guilty.

Accusations:
Mind games? Quite innocent.
Betrayal? Unfounded!

All charges are absurd! You've got the wrong prospect.
Perhaps, if you'd better eye the evidence--
You've created a victim not a suspect!

Please take the defendant off of death row.
She's being tortured by this life sentence.
You have the power to grant her happiness,
why not bring her justice?

August 24, 1994