Bone Duress

Under which duress
can the hone-rigorous impress
while evading the honorable depress?

Strange evictions 
strain fickle tacticians 
and clamor for interdictions.

Bailiwick drummer,
hand me your sticks
this courtroom won't suffer
the sound of your clicks.

Bylaws are forepaws 
in statuesque stone
leaning from columns
reinforcing bones.