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A Poem About the OJ Simpson Trial

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Michael David Cobb Bowen
Mar 12, 2021
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(c. 1994)

oj was a brotherman
whose time had come and gone
he didn't take the witness stand
so doubts will linger on
but doubts it seems are all we have
so when the jury spoke
the vision of our certainty
in justice quickly broke

but what had been a spectacle
from day one so it seems
could scarcely prepare anyone
not d.a. nor defense teams
for the scre…

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