Amy Davidson is one of The New Yorker magazine's social observers at large. In her recent "Scalia in Verse", she prepared a poem comprised entirely of the italicized words in selected opinions of noted Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.
Her poem was delightful but apparently, she did not regard it as sufficient to the day. So she invited readers to contribute, to recompose "Scalia dissents ... with even greater poetic possibilities." She just scratched the surface, pricking our collective consciences. Entries are still being submitted.
'Neath Kos's poetic squiggle is my offering. (Prideful, but also mindful of copyright issues, I use here only mine.) Its title and text consist solely of words employed by the distinguished Justice in his dissent in the DOMA case. Remember, poetic license was called for. The words are rearranged, taken out of context, rampant with elisions and punctuation changes, but subtracted only, not added. Who knew how closely the voluble Justice Scalia could verge on iambic pentameter?
Come on gang. You can do even better. And ... Blessings to Amy Davidson for starting the newest trend in Poetry Writ Large, Variations on a Theme from the Highest Court in the Land.