Stormy Monday

storm n. 1. An atmospheric disturbance manifested in strong winds accompanied by rain, snow, or other precipitation and often by thunder and lightning. 2. A wind with a speed from 48 to 55 knots (55 to 63 miles per hour; 89 to 102 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale. Also called whole gale. 3. A heavy shower of objects, such as bullets or missiles. 4. A strong or violent outburst, as of emotion or excitement: a storm of tears. 5. A violent disturbance or upheaval, as in political, social, or domestic affairs: a storm of protest. 6. A violent, sudden attack on a fortified place. 7. A storm window.

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"Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm." (Euripides)

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Storm Windows

 

People are putting up storm windows now,

Or were, this morning, until the heavy rain

Drove them indoors. So, coming home at noon,

I saw storm windows lying on the ground,

Frame-full of rain; through the water and glass

I saw the crushed grass, how it seemed to stream

Away in lines like seaweed on the tide

Or blades of wheat leaning under the wind.

The ripple and splash of rain on the blurred glass

Seemed that it briefly said, as I walked by,

Something I should have liked to say to you,

Something... the dry grass bent under the pane

Brimful of bouncing water... something of

A swaying clarity which blindly echoes

This lonely afternoon of memories

And missed desires, while the wintry rain

(Unspeakable, the distance in the mind!)

Runs on the standing windows and away.

Howard Nemerov

Justice

justice
— n
1.	the quality or fact of being just
2.	ethics
	a.the principle of fairness that like cases should be treated alike
	b.a particular distribution of benefits and burdens fairly in accordance with a particular conception of what are to count as like cases
	c.the principle that punishment should be proportionate to the offence
3.	the administration of law according to prescribed and accepted principles
4.	conformity to the law; legal validity
5.	a judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature
6.	short for justice of the peace
7.	good reason (esp in the phrase with justice ): he was disgusted by their behaviour, and with justice
8.	do justice to
	a.to show to full advantage: the picture did justice to her beauty
	b.to show full appreciation of by action: he did justice to the meal
	c.to treat or judge fairly
9.	do oneself justice to make full use of one's abilities
10.	bring to justice to capture, try, and usually punish (a criminal, an outlaw, etc)

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"The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom." (Aristotle)

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Justice

That Justice is a blind goddess
Is a thing to which we black are wise:
Her bandage hides two festering sores
That once perhaps were eyes.

Langston Hughes