The Long Garment of the Law

Writs certify: the
word is the word.
That's the final pen
ultimate meaning 
behind the law.

The sentence is 
menace to those
who ignore the 
letters and their 
claws. Long arms
and strong arms
select defectors
for punishment's
crime and diminishment.

Going places? Go places
and you will doctor up
a suspicion that your
legitimacy lies on a bed
of nails lining the
stems of a million
million roses.