Law-bred, law-supported—order.
But watch the subtle robot hoarder
of words, the counterfeit—routine—
building its cumbersome machine.
Darius found them not the same.
Statute contrived in his royal name,
fast in tradition of Medes and Persians,
vulnerable to perversions
of justice; formal and cold as ice,
held the prisoner in a vise.
Ancient cabala would bind
thought in red tape and choke mankind,
but protest of a Daniel freed
from automation and creed.
Lust by innocence held back;
beast found nothing to attack.
Love acknowledged, hate denied.
Law, God's law, exemplified.
