81. Spiral

(More comfort viewing, last thing at night.
See also sonnets 36, 45, 52 and 62.)

It’s Engrenages – three lawyers and a cop
caught in a tangle of coincidence.
The plotlines swirl, interconnect at speed
with breath-taking improbability.
A range of background, rank, experience.
Two men, two women. Through their busy doors
a vulnerable queue, a human tide
which tests their versions of morality,
their different blends of insight, blindness, need.
They do their best. It’s never quite enough –
deception, sexual violence, power. The laws
are weak, the world is unremitting, tough.
We know this helter-skelter ride won’t stop
until the series ends – but what a ride!