Well, certainly some lawyers are loaded enough
To elevate the average legal income to a level
That rivals the earnings of professional athletes
And other celebrities riding high in the entertainment element.
However, the lowly low-income lawyers
Do manage to keep those loaded lofty legal eagles
From maintaining payday parity with entertainers;
Low-wage lawyers are also admitted to the Bar,
(Even if they can barely afford the drinks).
A low-income lawyer is not the same as a "cheap" lawyer;
"attornies who labor for Legal Aid clients
Do not bring home the big bucks; they are trailed home
And dogged by cases begging to be fed and warmed;
Extra duties similar to the homework of teachers and stuedent.
Clients are too poor to afford the boastful barristers
Whose ads clog the airwaves and fill big billboards;
These folks qualify for assistance from legal aid lawyers,
These legal laborers who are not called "poverty lawyers"
Just because the clientele are poor.
Although my Sweetie tried her hand at
Private practice as well as public prosecution,
She spent more than two decades helping
Disgruntled divorcees, ticked-off tenants
And so many others, as she earned her wings.
(c)Bill Carroll 2004
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