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By Legal Means

Kevin Clay Gardner

The Queen's judge and crown prosecutor lied to me in order to get their way
But I'd given the court two hundred dollars so that I could have my say
I was charged with causing a disturbance in chambers which was a falsehood, a lie and untrue
These two badgered me to make me fear their authority when they hadn't the slightest clue
I'd sued her Majesty the Queen in right of Alberta for putting me in a metal institution
Their intransigence helped lawyers and liars to steal my life, therefore, they owe me restitution
Lawyers don't seem to think that they should also have to pay for their mistakes
But when people prevaricate purposefully to win they do it for their own sakes
The reason the master decided for a defense that was essentially a lie
Is that lawyers don't want people defending themselves so they shouldn't even try
They don't want people to defend themselves when that's how they make a living
So, of course, when you challenge their reasons for this they can be very unforgiving
But I gave money to this imperious court for the right to sue the government
And their treatment of me after I gave them this fee was to everybody's detriment
These glorified lawyers attempted to make me feel that it was of little use
By treating me like my deepest thoughts were nothing more than filthy refuse
They took advantage of their privileged positions, as any liar only naturally will
The prosecutor had the gall to compare me to someone else, as if I, too, could kill
They feigned ignorance, pretending not to know about my request for the evidence
In the form of a copy of a recording that would've easily proved my innocence
Then after the judge told me that I should've asked sooner he lied right to my face
Telling me that I had the right to defend myself after putting me in my place
For when I asked him for a little more time the judge denied me an adjournment
So I knew that if I didn't say I was guilty I would surely be risking internment
I had to think fast because I was shaking like my nerves were coming apart
Their one and true purpose was only to make me think I'd lost right from the very start
The immature manner with which I was treated is an example of how spoiled they really are
But if they think I'll fold because they believe I should well that won't get them very far
Because of their training they should know the law and subsequently should also know better
But this reliance on extortion by legal means can make even a judge a real go-getter
With the usual primary motivational factor being the great and almighty dollar
So around the necks of the helpless, weak, sick and poor they can fortify that invisible collar
Counsel for Her Majesty the Queen in right of Alberta said that I asked them for assistance
Which is something that I had not of them and served only to exemplify her ignorance
They totally discounted my claim like each and every one of them was also a genius
With a vain, sanctimonious, hypocritical display of egocentric arrogance and meanness
I truly wish I could forget these things that I cannot help but remember
Like seeing the light of God in the year 2001 on the 28th day of September
Seventeen days after the fateful day that our leaders tell us we'll never forget
But I'm afraid that these people may be bound for a place where they will know only regret
It seems that for some people who seek or have power lying comes as if it's second nature
As evidenced by the behaviour of many past and present members of any given legislature
How can they expect to be forgiven by God and the certainty of their own absolution
When they accept what is plainly an act of fraud as an appropriate resolution
Since, of course, they were the only ones who actually committed any crime
In spite of their vaunted positions they will definitely be the only ones who do the time
For because my aboriginal forbears were first in this land I must add one other thing
When the Queen's representative's lied to me they essentially made me King

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