Fiction comes alive,161Please respect copyright.PENANA7fpGynhIRM
Dystopian visions thrive,161Please respect copyright.PENANAv4Xu9UolrY
In Cities world wide.161Please respect copyright.PENANAafpI0X69Nk
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A Clockwork Orange,161Please respect copyright.PENANA0ePlJr0jE1
Lord or the Flies, Brave New World,161Please respect copyright.PENANAje0hkYwREy
Nineteen Eighty Four.161Please respect copyright.PENANAXoneta8ELs
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Animal Farm and,161Please respect copyright.PENANAp1F5fcOunO
Fahrenheit Four Fifty One,161Please respect copyright.PENANAWbtQfmeVI3
All have come to pass.161Please respect copyright.PENANAmWfy5K3OCb
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And they will perdure,161Please respect copyright.PENANAVjeIot3sL8
If we defend what's clearly,161Please respect copyright.PENANAg92XHxpua3
Indefensible.161Please respect copyright.PENANAMNYjdeOXzd
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Feed a hungry beast,161Please respect copyright.PENANAxsQRlIbTzu
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And eat you alive.161Please respect copyright.PENANAXLkmcYFWa6
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Likewise criminals,161Please respect copyright.PENANA4hZRK2FewZ
Who thrive when no consequences,161Please respect copyright.PENANAxXz6xd2248
Attach to their crimes.161Please respect copyright.PENANAWkNIujIP1l
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When crimes are excused,161Please respect copyright.PENANAJTCtfSp7Ye
And criminals deemed victims,161Please respect copyright.PENANAUsjeYI5s9z
What should we expect?161Please respect copyright.PENANAzr1QABA1Eg
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Poverty, racism,161Please respect copyright.PENANArjpX6zdv5f
Broken homes, addiction, vice,161Please respect copyright.PENANAm4S6KlDdSK
Contribute to crime.161Please respect copyright.PENANAcZnFxg84o4
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But crime's true root cause,161Please respect copyright.PENANA6UsDZjduxZ
Is immoral criminals,161Please respect copyright.PENANAzcC0IQekOY
And their enablers.161Please respect copyright.PENANAhP7tQvDS9Q
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Moral compass lost,161Please respect copyright.PENANAn3cvfQeMpI
Confident blind fools lead us,161Please respect copyright.PENANAbZwrEp6cID
On perdition's road.161Please respect copyright.PENANAWaXfPXm3mW
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When did we forget,161Please respect copyright.PENANA0rrI59SZhe
That the road to hell is paved,161Please respect copyright.PENANAxCKIgmT4o9
With good intentions?161Please respect copyright.PENANAoMk8p2aOmP
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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-lopez161Please respect copyright.PENANA9DDFBDf7G8
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On Crime
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