Fiction comes alive,162Please respect copyright.PENANAo0BbqGU6Mj
Dystopian visions thrive,162Please respect copyright.PENANAUBfP12b547
In Cities world wide.162Please respect copyright.PENANAUbOt51mKFj
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A Clockwork Orange,162Please respect copyright.PENANAILOEcED0HE
Lord or the Flies, Brave New World,162Please respect copyright.PENANAXvb4ftCqht
Nineteen Eighty Four.162Please respect copyright.PENANAFag0LixHdQ
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Animal Farm and,162Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ip8vbs3JB
Fahrenheit Four Fifty One,162Please respect copyright.PENANAwuWyvZb6tf
All have come to pass.162Please respect copyright.PENANAJUJZSnzUgU
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And they will perdure,162Please respect copyright.PENANAaSgwmFyHl1
If we defend what's clearly,162Please respect copyright.PENANAwVMWqFSeqU
Indefensible.162Please respect copyright.PENANA2X8jIqBtEx
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Feed a hungry beast,162Please respect copyright.PENANAQcqNDFpAR1
It will grow and it will thrive,162Please respect copyright.PENANA97n7w1OXaG
And eat you alive.162Please respect copyright.PENANA4TqVoT9kdM
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Likewise criminals,162Please respect copyright.PENANAbBBY62qNlr
Who thrive when no consequences,162Please respect copyright.PENANAIaxCuwhUjx
Attach to their crimes.162Please respect copyright.PENANAKXopNY1rjJ
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When crimes are excused,162Please respect copyright.PENANARnxXNaDsuU
And criminals deemed victims,162Please respect copyright.PENANAbfS62xZOap
What should we expect?162Please respect copyright.PENANAPGQ3hwwjF7
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Poverty, racism,162Please respect copyright.PENANAXEuZIx5sfF
Broken homes, addiction, vice,162Please respect copyright.PENANASwLtWQ9QVE
Contribute to crime.162Please respect copyright.PENANAwDJfpoobxJ
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But crime's true root cause,162Please respect copyright.PENANAGeSmE64uTW
Is immoral criminals,162Please respect copyright.PENANAvRbsUyoF1N
And their enablers.162Please respect copyright.PENANA28OrXMlqmC
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Moral compass lost,162Please respect copyright.PENANAR4q8msq8Lu
Confident blind fools lead us,162Please respect copyright.PENANAIVBI9jFvhI
On perdition's road.162Please respect copyright.PENANAPIJYp8SpNR
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When did we forget,162Please respect copyright.PENANAl3AkEoSLLo
That the road to hell is paved,162Please respect copyright.PENANAI9PsafHD9v
With good intentions?162Please respect copyright.PENANAFJgcaM5jUB
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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.PENANAaSDhmxbP6m
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On Crime
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