Fiction comes alive,117Please respect copyright.PENANAJYZDNSEUI7
Dystopian visions thrive,117Please respect copyright.PENANAJQm6LXQcKV
In Cities world wide.117Please respect copyright.PENANA2qf70S5vWU
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A Clockwork Orange,117Please respect copyright.PENANALzDMMzphbD
Lord or the Flies, Brave New World,117Please respect copyright.PENANANS85D1EPI2
Nineteen Eighty Four.117Please respect copyright.PENANAGMJfoabUyE
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Animal Farm and,117Please respect copyright.PENANAgymNND8hkG
Fahrenheit Four Fifty One,117Please respect copyright.PENANAud6hutPjyz
All have come to pass.117Please respect copyright.PENANAVJTbtOVTso
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And they will perdure,117Please respect copyright.PENANAkpKB6F1LjY
If we defend what's clearly,117Please respect copyright.PENANAgWBmlIsgrO
Indefensible.117Please respect copyright.PENANAUWquzuombf
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Feed a hungry beast,117Please respect copyright.PENANAdW6HDyaEJs
It will grow and it will thrive,117Please respect copyright.PENANAqwDJ8rkHse
And eat you alive.117Please respect copyright.PENANA0JRWCwyTzT
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Likewise criminals,117Please respect copyright.PENANAxyhzr60OuT
Who thrive when no consequences,117Please respect copyright.PENANAaIaW9UCzuY
Attach to their crimes.117Please respect copyright.PENANATnlfO0VREQ
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When crimes are excused,117Please respect copyright.PENANAoPDOIyleMl
And criminals deemed victims,117Please respect copyright.PENANAGRXQX4HTOD
What should we expect?117Please respect copyright.PENANAem2pwYOXKA
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Poverty, racism,117Please respect copyright.PENANAEAEK8aJaX6
Broken homes, addiction, vice,117Please respect copyright.PENANAkOMsmcZg5O
Contribute to crime.117Please respect copyright.PENANApQHXjop7Lt
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But crime's true root cause,117Please respect copyright.PENANAJB4Z2b8R5D
Is immoral criminals,117Please respect copyright.PENANAZUaNgvk2f0
And their enablers.117Please respect copyright.PENANAzIkv5mNMXu
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Moral compass lost,117Please respect copyright.PENANA8GrfBbwAgm
Confident blind fools lead us,117Please respect copyright.PENANAkz5IE2DZzU
On perdition's road.117Please respect copyright.PENANApHQhrFcC20
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When did we forget,117Please respect copyright.PENANALv7fUsVZbE
That the road to hell is paved,117Please respect copyright.PENANAA5qh46lA5c
With good intentions?117Please respect copyright.PENANAijiZjpBHva
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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-lopez117Please respect copyright.PENANAWW1cf4oLIE
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On Crime
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