Handcuffs


In these days of untrammelled legal suits
People often say,
"I can't be held responsible for things I don't know."
But then what about for the things I do know?
A question that begs another.
How much do I know anyway?
Have I broken any laws by knowing?
Will I be arrested for knowing?

I know that I think therefore I am
And if I am, then at least my actions
I do remember and I know I did nothing wrong
but then what is wrong and what is not is the question
That comes before what I know
What I did, I did on my own volitions
And I did not resist it from happening.

I moved a kettle from the cupboard
under the tap and filled it with water
And then I placed it on the stove.
Then I lit the stove and waited patiently
For the water in the kettle to boil.
When it boiled I poured it into the teapot
Where a few moments before I had placed some tea leaves.

I did it while waiting for the water to boil.
I took the tea leaves tin from the cupboard.
Then I got a spoon from the drawer
And with the spoon I scooped out some tea
And placed it in the teapot.
When the water boiled I turned off the stove
And poured the water into the teapot

I followed procedure and kept everything in order
While I was preparing the tea.
I did nothing wrong.
About 5 minutes after I poured the boiling water
into the teapot with the tea leaves,
the tea was ready
I poured the tea from the teapot to a cup.

The cup was resting on a saucer.
You ask, "When did you take out the cup and the saucer
From the cupboard where it usually stays?"
I reply, "I can't remember. They were already there
On the kitchen bench, I think. Therefore I am.
Is it wrong not to remember in the eyes of the law?
Will they put handcuffs on my wrists when they arrest me?

When they arrest me
In case I resist it from happening,
In case I try to run away.
I am lost.
I have lost control
Of my own hands.
I have become an animal, trapped by the law, no longer me.
 
 

Bevagna 19 7 2011