Fiction comes alive,218Please respect copyright.PENANA38bUEoxoCS
Dystopian visions thrive,218Please respect copyright.PENANALMzTv0hLHv
In Cities world wide.218Please respect copyright.PENANAABNcRrRtgk
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A Clockwork Orange,218Please respect copyright.PENANAvhXpGDUNg7
Lord or the Flies, Brave New World,218Please respect copyright.PENANANNMqQ4pUeB
Nineteen Eighty Four.218Please respect copyright.PENANAzt8wWf3ubw
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Animal Farm and,218Please respect copyright.PENANAUccjIEEpbB
Fahrenheit Four Fifty One,218Please respect copyright.PENANA7IPC7qJZDM
All have come to pass.218Please respect copyright.PENANAyCkqsD4em7
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And they will perdure,218Please respect copyright.PENANAtnLRQNWrNz
If we defend what's clearly,218Please respect copyright.PENANA0YuY0YZ8hK
Indefensible.218Please respect copyright.PENANATTNZKWbB3w
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Feed a hungry beast,218Please respect copyright.PENANASdM1qkxAlz
It will grow and it will thrive,218Please respect copyright.PENANAejqabkD3S8
And eat you alive.218Please respect copyright.PENANAHTXS2nF07e
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Likewise criminals,218Please respect copyright.PENANADLCMoQbov7
Who thrive when no consequences,218Please respect copyright.PENANAkeO2oid1cR
Attach to their crimes.218Please respect copyright.PENANAGmj0dP6Pmp
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When crimes are excused,218Please respect copyright.PENANAwVVzU5VNTm
And criminals deemed victims,218Please respect copyright.PENANAudC33Bv7wu
What should we expect?218Please respect copyright.PENANA5afK0hr0FZ
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Poverty, racism,218Please respect copyright.PENANAfmrIJvKgXs
Broken homes, addiction, vice,218Please respect copyright.PENANAe9RWf2kt9f
Contribute to crime.218Please respect copyright.PENANA7YqokWYFGH
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But crime's true root cause,218Please respect copyright.PENANANiO6lAj38o
Is immoral criminals,218Please respect copyright.PENANAZfByxD4ZFM
And their enablers.218Please respect copyright.PENANAhxCnENVFsl
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Moral compass lost,218Please respect copyright.PENANAlab4UJZV43
Confident blind fools lead us,218Please respect copyright.PENANATiJBfADkbZ
On perdition's road.218Please respect copyright.PENANAjzs01EoJiK
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When did we forget,218Please respect copyright.PENANAzoeVbYK8oY
That the road to hell is paved,218Please respect copyright.PENANAvJItv1U778
With good intentions?218Please respect copyright.PENANArzJtLZfBCM
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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-lopez218Please respect copyright.PENANA24Rw12GbvQ
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On Crime
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