Fiction comes alive,162Please respect copyright.PENANAoKOR2fWaOI
Dystopian visions thrive,162Please respect copyright.PENANAZSErBfiKLr
In Cities world wide.162Please respect copyright.PENANA7MfsCMcFhi
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A Clockwork Orange,162Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0ecoxa9RD
Lord or the Flies, Brave New World,162Please respect copyright.PENANA2Q7dXpP6fe
Nineteen Eighty Four.162Please respect copyright.PENANAFBjHmPAsoA
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Animal Farm and,162Please respect copyright.PENANA4eilMsWoi3
Fahrenheit Four Fifty One,162Please respect copyright.PENANAxksenWJUM6
All have come to pass.162Please respect copyright.PENANAY6l222ijdE
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And they will perdure,162Please respect copyright.PENANAFyravwzbFe
If we defend what's clearly,162Please respect copyright.PENANAg7BEazmZ20
Indefensible.162Please respect copyright.PENANAHurf4BM7Cm
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Feed a hungry beast,162Please respect copyright.PENANAKgHxRKkr5a
It will grow and it will thrive,162Please respect copyright.PENANAqPYPG3lDv8
And eat you alive.162Please respect copyright.PENANA8PjLdEwGVF
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Likewise criminals,162Please respect copyright.PENANAbNANhPpCfP
Who thrive when no consequences,162Please respect copyright.PENANA52NnXzQsjU
Attach to their crimes.162Please respect copyright.PENANAU0enu1wAIJ
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When crimes are excused,162Please respect copyright.PENANAkHuFDDGq3Q
And criminals deemed victims,162Please respect copyright.PENANAjqFpbgvlWN
What should we expect?162Please respect copyright.PENANApP9zA1z2uX
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Poverty, racism,162Please respect copyright.PENANAX4vqoZ93ve
Broken homes, addiction, vice,162Please respect copyright.PENANAfSL9aTLvfe
Contribute to crime.162Please respect copyright.PENANAFFoQrxBCRW
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But crime's true root cause,162Please respect copyright.PENANAOnqOq6FuxC
Is immoral criminals,162Please respect copyright.PENANAxRUxDzNLDC
And their enablers.162Please respect copyright.PENANAeMbeanWads
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Moral compass lost,162Please respect copyright.PENANAfVY5mykjcb
Confident blind fools lead us,162Please respect copyright.PENANAZNGnctuiqJ
On perdition's road.162Please respect copyright.PENANA2D7zfOuxl6
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When did we forget,162Please respect copyright.PENANAMtLhe4MFi0
That the road to hell is paved,162Please respect copyright.PENANApV3A06rCtx
With good intentions?162Please respect copyright.PENANAMYdcmx6uDm
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To hear me read this and other recent poem posts, you can visit my blog at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/victor-d-lopez162Please respect copyright.PENANAUMdT7ie8Me
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On Crime
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