Rectitude

a poem by Jan Oskar Hansen

Now that Mr. Slobodan Milosevic has
Been sold for twelve pieces of silver by
The blackmailed new leaders of Serbia,
And will soon stand trial in Hague by those
Who bombed civilian targets, in Belgrade!
Let us rejoice.

Justice is selective, if it had been fair we
Might have seen the butcher of Lebanon,
Ariel Sharon standing to attention, receiving
His just verdict for slaughtering Palestinians.
No such luck! Justice is written by and meted
Out by, the victorious.