I had this dream again.
I forgot so much during the last decades.
I  found this counselor and I used to come to see him.
He was a soft kind of guy.
And I would tell him all my sins.
Anyway he would hire me as an attorney from time to time.

I cannot even recall the reason for this representation.

But, this man was a hero in war; he had medals.
And he still liked me and trusted me; a draft evader. hahhahaha

He was a good man.

Back in the 80's, he found this drug that would make nicotine worthless.
That is how he quit smoking.

No matter what you smoked, the nicotine would not kick in.

He came home from Vietnam with PTSD.

And he knew he was not quite right on his return.

HE WAS NUTS AND HE KNEW IT.

Anyway, he was nuts and he hit his wife.

And he was charged with a misdemeanor.

He ended up ten years later with university degrees including a Master of Psychology and he changed his life with a lot of help.

I met with his wife, his ex-wife; and you know, she still loved him.

And she forgave him.  You have to understand that this man had not attacked this woman even  two times.

He sticks in my mind.

So I dreamt about him again.

Lately.

This man was so very kind and helpful to those of us with real problems.

So he hired me to expunge his previous history.

Again, this being an attempt to erase something bad that occurred a decade before.

His ex signed on to it.  No I met with her. These two were no longer a couple.

And she still had loved for this vet.....

So I took this matter before a younger attorney appointed Judge in Hennepin County.

OH WE CAN DO THIS!

He said.

Well I sent in the papers and it all looked fine to me, anyway.

But there had been political issues brought to the fore.

I mean you had to meet his wife; you had to speak with her and you had to see that she never was involved in hospitalization....

There were no payments made (like what you might have seen on L & O!)

MY CLIENT WAS PTSD; in my humble opinion.

This young judge had been touched by the powers that be.

FOR POLITICAL REASONS.

I was astounded at the time. This guy was a good judge. But he should now be ashamed.

And this was not the only time I had witnessed an affront to justice.

There are 360 different sides to every battle, every conflict.

I just thought about this vet today, for no reason.
I have been actually working on something for the last month.

But this nightmare hit me today.

This client was a goooooooooood man attempting to do right.
And the victim, still loved him greatly.

This was not one of those examples of hubbies attacking their spouses over and over and over.

Injustice appears everywhere; and we do what we can.

What is is,and what is not proved is not.

I just thought of this injustice.

And it bothered me so much.

I had not thought of this in two decades. 

I was so far away.

I could not help him.

And he was a goooooooood guy.

I weep.