Fiction comes alive,200Please respect copyright.PENANAlJ5H6hGvtW
Dystopian visions thrive,200Please respect copyright.PENANAeOOKH3B1Zn
In Cities world wide.200Please respect copyright.PENANANqmfPnfs8w
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A Clockwork Orange,200Please respect copyright.PENANAFuGuNG1org
Lord or the Flies, Brave New World,200Please respect copyright.PENANAmvrVNW7CDg
Nineteen Eighty Four.200Please respect copyright.PENANAWjSZDp08eT
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Animal Farm and,200Please respect copyright.PENANAzJDh80tKv5
Fahrenheit Four Fifty One,200Please respect copyright.PENANAN00DbifPyQ
All have come to pass.200Please respect copyright.PENANAhcYdZJMS2O
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And they will perdure,200Please respect copyright.PENANAGyaWVRrUrv
If we defend what's clearly,200Please respect copyright.PENANAEqAzzIPJEu
Indefensible.200Please respect copyright.PENANAjQrWWBcStJ
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Feed a hungry beast,200Please respect copyright.PENANAlPWrecctKG
It will grow and it will thrive,200Please respect copyright.PENANAqjbhZk1Zxu
And eat you alive.200Please respect copyright.PENANADYnDSj7PF8
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Likewise criminals,200Please respect copyright.PENANA8HTnvgCmZ0
Who thrive when no consequences,200Please respect copyright.PENANAZXuzRhs4S2
Attach to their crimes.200Please respect copyright.PENANA5os1Sto0XP
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When crimes are excused,200Please respect copyright.PENANAOmYDMsmF7Y
And criminals deemed victims,200Please respect copyright.PENANAczzuLiNgee
What should we expect?200Please respect copyright.PENANA86oKa4McfV
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Poverty, racism,200Please respect copyright.PENANAsUhS6kgttk
Broken homes, addiction, vice,200Please respect copyright.PENANAlmiaydc2Ny
Contribute to crime.200Please respect copyright.PENANAwuso5cJWId
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But crime's true root cause,200Please respect copyright.PENANALJwvbx9KJU
Is immoral criminals,200Please respect copyright.PENANAU9Kz8rgXle
And their enablers.200Please respect copyright.PENANAX5CBzcCV25
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Moral compass lost,200Please respect copyright.PENANAkQ9sjoiWLq
Confident blind fools lead us,200Please respect copyright.PENANAmmVKC0Hrpp
On perdition's road.200Please respect copyright.PENANAMiTwHVRbbw
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When did we forget,200Please respect copyright.PENANAcJtDGIVVWK
That the road to hell is paved,200Please respect copyright.PENANAZpNnJK6ZGm
With good intentions?200Please respect copyright.PENANA0G95H2HgOA
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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-lopez200Please respect copyright.PENANAq4a65zqfla
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On Crime
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