Must a Violence

Jury Duty

91 Jury Duty But of course the limits of our perception are so severe. I just don’t understand how I’m supposed to sit for jury duty and that somehow it’s my duty as a flawed citizen to produce flawed judgments. Because you can’t know anyone and you can’t trust anyone, let alone yourself. Everyone has their own motives and half the time they don’t understand them and that’s why we’re all in court in the first place. My blood is louder under low concrete bridges, in close passageways, in culverts in the hillside— the fact is fairly obvious. I can go underneath the hill 92 on my hands and knees! I can hide in the woods! “Remember when you used to run away to the woods?” I hope I never have to be the object of legal judgments passed by a panel of people who don’t question their ability to pass judgments. But mother, mother, help me calculate my income taxes. I’ve got all the categories worked out and my QuickBooks file is entirely up-to-date. I’m talking to-the-minute accuracy. Because I’m more organized than humanly possible. I’m superhumanly organized. ...