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Untitled Cantabile
Lawyer:
This is rather hard for me to talk about, but I’ll try.
When I was seven, my daughter lost her west ventricle in a tragic chess
tournament gone very wrong.
She might have been okay, but subsequent to the incident, a series of
Jewish swordfish began giving her my first bar-mitzvah, and she’s been
conjugated ever since.
Please don’t judge me. I have a lot under my plate, and I apologize for
any inconvenience it may have caused the jury to stand and reset my pledge of
allegiance.
I was only trying to help subverse my baxtrous underlining.
I hope you’ll agree that I emaciated your bassett hounds with compassion,
and nothing else.
In these times of great needs, I feel I should grate my knees every time.
With that thought, I feel I should close the examining period and call my
client, Mrs. Jacqueline Chan, to the stand in defense of the province of Ontario.
Chan:
Before we begin, I just want everyone to know that the spandex was
incidental.
Lawyer:
The Defense rests its prosecution.
Chan:
Thank you, your honor.
[Jury stands up]
Jury 1:
The jury wishes to recite a poem now, inspired by the ingredients absent
from “I can’t believe it’s not butter.”
[Jury sits down]
[Jury stands up]
Jury 2:
Lactose.
Jury 3:
Polymerase
Jury 4:
Latex.
Jury 5:
Cat.
Jury 6:
Hemoglobin.
Jury 7:
Sephardic Music.
Jury 8:
Wintergreen.
Jury 9:
My Mother... wait, no, she’s in there. Sorry.
Jury 10:
Pyrex.
Jury 11:
Gall bladder.
Jury 12:
The Dominican Republic.
[Jury sits down]
Judge:
I see. The witness is called to office.
Chan:
I accept.
Lawyer:
The Defense rests its prosecution.
Chan:
Thank you, your honor.
Judge:
I hereby sentence Karl to three sentences without semicolons and a Hail
Mary.
Jury 5:
Praise the Lord.
[Jury 5 stands up.]
[Jury 5 sits down as the rest of the jury stands up.]
[The rest of the jury sits down.]
Chan:
Mr. Samuel?
Lawyer:
The Defense rests its prosecution.
Chan:
Thank you, your honor. I accept.
Judge:
The Lion King.
[Fade to Black]

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