it all went south for her the moment
she said that she allowed her little girl
to go with her father: a father the girl
did not know and had not seen in years
she had the judge on her side till that
moment: her poor trailer was just that poor
and workable: livable: her mental state
average for the client base dealt with
in those cases but when she said: "yes i
let her go and when she came back she
had a bruise and that is why your honor
that she was scared and urinated on her
self ": her testimony to me was superfluous
i had my agreement with the state for my
client, he would sign away the little he had
but to hear that made me red: so i crossed
asked why allow her child to go with my client,
did she know where he took her, did she call
to check, did she take pictures of the bruise in
her hip, did she report, how, why is the court
to believe her, what evidence to substantiate
that there really was a visit since my client
was conveniently tucked away and could
not rebuke or defend her allegations: she
said "i let her go cuz that's her dad." the court
terminated her rights, rather justly: her attorney
looked over at me and i stared past him
