Protector Parrots

Prosecutors, panels and parrots
Protectors of the regulatory order
Judging whether the public —
Conjured ghosts —
Needs protecting

From a person walking and talking
In certain places

Or by a person
No longer walking and talking
In those places

Prosecutors, panels and parrots
Voices of dusty doctrine
Judging whether the public
Wishes — or is permitted — to see and hear

Certain members of the public
Alive and kicking
In the public square

Or only wishes to see
Certain members of the public
Well behaved
In the public square

Servants of the Crown
Guardians of space
Determining
Whether the person — the public —

May speak what they may
In the open square
Or may only do so
Where none can hear

So that the public
Only hears
What is granted

By the prosecutors, panels and parrots
Protecting ghosts
Condemning persons