who enter the orders
apply the stamps and seals
file the papers and keep the calendars

Salutations and benedictions
to you who sit in somber silence
while justice drones
to the beat of metronomes

Hark the chorus of advocates
defendants and litigants
before the bar
rejoicing in your presence
beside the bench

There you are
unheralded and unsung
the silent legion
the infantry of juris prudencia
turning and tending the wheel
that grinds exceedingly slow

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