O.J. Simpson Trial (Murder)

*Author’s Note: It is not the intent to malign, nor denigrate the memory of the two people who died tragically. Rather, the composition addresses brief periods of levity apparent during the course of the 1995 trial proceedings. Extraordinary talent of such persuasion …As Uelmen's...analytical mind A finagling.........F. Lee Bailey When the man is so inclined Surreptitiously...Alan Dershowitz …Of the faculty…at Harvard Law Looking over Ito’s shoulders In search…of some…appellate flaw And the bag-man…Robert Kardashian Shrewdly…in charge…of luggage checks Carl Douglas and Peter Neufeld ……And his sidekick…Barry Scheck And Johnnie Cochran….and Shapiro ….Legal sharpies….all perhaps Quite...at home…and most at ease With the concept…of courtroom craps William Hodgman…somewhat psychic Brilliantly…feigned…a heart attack Then disappeared…to his upstairs office Too damned smart…to ever…come back Goldberg…Kelberg…Cheri and Woody Every utterance…A poetic display Of Shakespearean prose…in its glory …No finer thespians in all L.A. Then there’s Harmon…squeezing Charmin Just in case…it gets too deep And there’s the fellow…at the table Who…so often…appears asleep Forever doomed…to a living...nightmare Of Simpson’s greatest…commercial hit Waving and smiling….before the jury …Christopher’s gloves…just don’t fit ….There is not…an adversary More formidable…than Marcia Clark Which leaves one…somewhat…confused And lost…completely…in the dark ……Most…of all…Gil Garcetti Analyzing…his wayward scheme What the Hell….is Darden doing ……….On anybody’s…legal team