If Jury Duty Calls

The day before Thanksgiving

Everybody takes it slow,

Except the ones preparing meals,

As many of us know.

 

So it’s the perfect day to serve

If Jury Duty calls.

I doubt if there’s a judge or lawyer

Strolling through the halls.

 

We would-be jurors sit for hours,

Staring at the clock,

Or read or do a puzzle

Since there’s no one in the dock.

 

My hope is that we’ll be dismissed,

Our civic duty done

And other folks will fill the seats

When trials will have begun.