Fiction comes alive,162Please respect copyright.PENANAD09abZ32ye
Dystopian visions thrive,162Please respect copyright.PENANAFzFHBywBOq
In Cities world wide.162Please respect copyright.PENANAztSvK776Cg
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A Clockwork Orange,162Please respect copyright.PENANAQxma8YGeKF
Lord or the Flies, Brave New World,162Please respect copyright.PENANAIViZRSvISe
Nineteen Eighty Four.162Please respect copyright.PENANAMI4sPUEG7D
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Animal Farm and,162Please respect copyright.PENANA3WejLzGNoy
Fahrenheit Four Fifty One,162Please respect copyright.PENANAVWuGUIQnbu
All have come to pass.162Please respect copyright.PENANA1owHSTeH1q
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And they will perdure,162Please respect copyright.PENANAeoLKkRYmrx
If we defend what's clearly,162Please respect copyright.PENANAl8rTtgneZA
Indefensible.162Please respect copyright.PENANAN2N01ALA8u
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Feed a hungry beast,162Please respect copyright.PENANAVtK3UGxb2x
It will grow and it will thrive,162Please respect copyright.PENANA2X5jBr234B
And eat you alive.162Please respect copyright.PENANAzVLJUVDvrQ
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Likewise criminals,162Please respect copyright.PENANA7asaPfVay3
Who thrive when no consequences,162Please respect copyright.PENANAz6ZlGpatsz
Attach to their crimes.162Please respect copyright.PENANAYKFITHFE56
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When crimes are excused,162Please respect copyright.PENANAUtX8tNVSka
And criminals deemed victims,162Please respect copyright.PENANA54YwfPL9wl
What should we expect?162Please respect copyright.PENANANDKw0n09wh
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Poverty, racism,162Please respect copyright.PENANATEQND2n0Oi
Broken homes, addiction, vice,162Please respect copyright.PENANAmhTYCQK6tL
Contribute to crime.162Please respect copyright.PENANAnvqciIGaEa
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But crime's true root cause,162Please respect copyright.PENANArIRTB8WptH
Is immoral criminals,162Please respect copyright.PENANAPxDXxr8nBp
And their enablers.162Please respect copyright.PENANANsGeZ9FlmM
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Moral compass lost,162Please respect copyright.PENANAxit90LLr2D
Confident blind fools lead us,162Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2xHsiWoW2
On perdition's road.162Please respect copyright.PENANA2ljTkSAC4N
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When did we forget,162Please respect copyright.PENANA5hUWTkgafh
That the road to hell is paved,162Please respect copyright.PENANAPDDI46hezc
With good intentions?162Please respect copyright.PENANAus4gASX3ri
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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.PENANAfAjbpXGCiz
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On Crime
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