Prose

The Pretty Face Tribunal

There is a courtroom. 

A pretty woman takes the stand. 

She bears her guilt with a smile. A pretty gallery watches her sit.

‘And it is you who killed him!’ shouts the handsome lawyer.

The pretty murderess faints. The pretty gallery faints.

They regain elegance.

‘No!’ screams the pretty woman.

There are tears in the tribunal.

Two handsome police officers take her from the stand.

They wipe off her tears. She smiles at the camera.

She smiles her pretty smile at you. 

And you smile back.

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