Non-governing Poetry Ie More 1L poetry.

Mistake of fact is not the issue
rather mistake of law is where it is at
If this fact you did miss, you
missed the subtext if Bray. Drat!
He did not know the law from where he came
He did not know if it was a misdemeanor
They charged him as a felon just the same
Judge Brown looked at Bray's demeanor
And said "He did not know the law,
This is a mistake of fact, let the jury know
that a more innocent man I have never saw
and that ignorance is a defence he can show."
But wait, my fellow legal students!
What Judge Brown has said isn't quite right!
Non-governing law is where I'd look if I were prudent.
Judge Longyear would agree, Bray's holding is a fright
For it leads you to believe that mistakes of law are okay
but as we see in U.S. v Learned, that's not the case
Ignorance of the law is no excuse is what to say
Missing stamps on contracts is the issue on its face
But what you need to get from reading this here brief
Is that you must know that which governs you
and a claim that you did not know will bring you no relief
Because you must know the non-governing law too!
Your misinterpretation is your own fault
But the ironic thing you must, must consider
(but take every thing I saw with a grain of salt)
is something that, once realized, will make you bitter:
Under "presumed to know the law" pretences
You are presumed to know whether your state
Refuses to allow mistakes of non-governing law defences
A double whammey of mistakes may decide your fate.