Thank you for scheduling the trial,
Which had sat and languished awhile,
With the trial date in ink,
The other side blinked,
And moved their offer a mile.

On the back burner the case it did sit,
The parties would not move a bit,
Till their feet touched the kettle,
The case wouldn’t settle,
To quote Henry Higgins, “you did it”.

My client is now aglow,
In the future he’ll have far more dough,
I’m always amazed,
How a trial date will raise,
An offer which once was so low.

I was fully prepared to begin,
I’d worked hard so that we would win,
If you could have listened,
My opening glistened,
Now we’ll never know what would have been.

It’s time to pick up my quill,
Draft a contract or maybe a will,
While I’d rather write rhymes,
It takes up my time,
And for poems my partners won’t bill.