Fiction comes alive,194Please respect copyright.PENANAwCFHorWEln
Dystopian visions thrive,194Please respect copyright.PENANAUbEy6WdllO
In Cities world wide.194Please respect copyright.PENANAqYTDYKn9ck
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A Clockwork Orange,194Please respect copyright.PENANA34uZXgz1TQ
Lord or the Flies, Brave New World,194Please respect copyright.PENANASMsRH9vzkS
Nineteen Eighty Four.194Please respect copyright.PENANA12m6zt59kw
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Animal Farm and,194Please respect copyright.PENANAzYyuJqX0OQ
Fahrenheit Four Fifty One,194Please respect copyright.PENANAXcWyDVMutt
All have come to pass.194Please respect copyright.PENANAIS4jTBSXdO
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And they will perdure,194Please respect copyright.PENANAALCVgu1Elo
If we defend what's clearly,194Please respect copyright.PENANAxR6wuLvHuQ
Indefensible.194Please respect copyright.PENANAx2TLSqCLB5
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Feed a hungry beast,194Please respect copyright.PENANAIRgisp5QZw
It will grow and it will thrive,194Please respect copyright.PENANAIxzsULpkT4
And eat you alive.194Please respect copyright.PENANAkelXKp4trL
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Likewise criminals,194Please respect copyright.PENANADrv48KkWXn
Who thrive when no consequences,194Please respect copyright.PENANAcMCOBQSNCP
Attach to their crimes.194Please respect copyright.PENANA9y5AoXjacf
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When crimes are excused,194Please respect copyright.PENANAeWUp67vYJ7
And criminals deemed victims,194Please respect copyright.PENANAEvR8EmQjGJ
What should we expect?194Please respect copyright.PENANAHtkjyykTtt
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Poverty, racism,194Please respect copyright.PENANAlYrbyVDnpu
Broken homes, addiction, vice,194Please respect copyright.PENANA12WJmfNol9
Contribute to crime.194Please respect copyright.PENANA6jlYLhL9Yu
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But crime's true root cause,194Please respect copyright.PENANAprsrrpoW1N
Is immoral criminals,194Please respect copyright.PENANAcvGZwqN1cG
And their enablers.194Please respect copyright.PENANAPa7nn2y6Cc
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Moral compass lost,194Please respect copyright.PENANAAC4kya4Azc
Confident blind fools lead us,194Please respect copyright.PENANAq9Xt6b2Vrp
On perdition's road.194Please respect copyright.PENANAtLkrI8M5BI
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When did we forget,194Please respect copyright.PENANAk2EOAzeheZ
That the road to hell is paved,194Please respect copyright.PENANAijmvMrFan0
With good intentions?194Please respect copyright.PENANAsisNOEO13a
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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-lopez194Please respect copyright.PENANAfynTAsIb6q
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On Crime
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