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Editorial


Front Page - Friday, December 9, 2011

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A thought for the holidays



We lawyers sure are different

Than a lot of other folk

We need to argue with a smile

And put up with a lot of jokes

We have to see the good inside

A lot of rotten yokes

Argue for the greater good

Mixing law, politics and hope

So when autumn turns to winter

And Christmas rolls around

Not many people stop to try

And spot the lawyers in the crowd

They don’t see we’re people

When you look down deep inside

That we like our peppermint cocoa

After a brisk midnight sleigh ride

That some like to see our stockings

Stuffed up to the brim

And have been known to glance at the roof

Expecting to still see “him”

 While Others light our candles

And think of  Hannukah cheer

And that almost every one of us

Hopes for a better coming year

Yes, we lawyers are different

Than a lot of other folk

And at times we can be boring

With our courtroom anecdotes

But remember when winter’s come and gone

And no potato pancakes are fried

When the reindeer have all safely

Returned from across the sky

When thoughts turn to the days ahead

and the holiday lights have died

The December envelopes the smart ones saved

Will have their lawyer’s card inside.  v