Fiction comes alive,119Please respect copyright.PENANAbtD0DW7OkJ
Dystopian visions thrive,119Please respect copyright.PENANAHiXUXRgBvg
In Cities world wide.119Please respect copyright.PENANAhEz3Nvw7uf
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A Clockwork Orange,119Please respect copyright.PENANAr8aMlU7ovm
Lord or the Flies, Brave New World,119Please respect copyright.PENANA6dt3XH9dJX
Nineteen Eighty Four.119Please respect copyright.PENANAgQ6FARIlsW
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Animal Farm and,119Please respect copyright.PENANAapkywQojgh
Fahrenheit Four Fifty One,119Please respect copyright.PENANAwxMqcKn9St
All have come to pass.119Please respect copyright.PENANAansemThUIt
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And they will perdure,119Please respect copyright.PENANAUhuRlE61yF
If we defend what's clearly,119Please respect copyright.PENANARAoJQCCZOM
Indefensible.119Please respect copyright.PENANAPeNYb8fQyD
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Feed a hungry beast,119Please respect copyright.PENANAvol5ykJOr0
It will grow and it will thrive,119Please respect copyright.PENANAvnjSon0kRK
And eat you alive.119Please respect copyright.PENANAZICMcfXAlG
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Likewise criminals,119Please respect copyright.PENANAemrwl8tPWd
Who thrive when no consequences,119Please respect copyright.PENANAqlNLjiyekZ
Attach to their crimes.119Please respect copyright.PENANAHmyPGelocD
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When crimes are excused,119Please respect copyright.PENANASi7MugL5kJ
And criminals deemed victims,119Please respect copyright.PENANAoldY5bpI2L
What should we expect?119Please respect copyright.PENANA879jgmUFIa
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Poverty, racism,119Please respect copyright.PENANAnScxom9Mle
Broken homes, addiction, vice,119Please respect copyright.PENANA2kyWDNBAzx
Contribute to crime.119Please respect copyright.PENANA2VOtbfen9p
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But crime's true root cause,119Please respect copyright.PENANA4eVuiHVxVd
Is immoral criminals,119Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0iZuwr514
And their enablers.119Please respect copyright.PENANAeoJ47iQU99
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Moral compass lost,119Please respect copyright.PENANA5UmMS7ndf5
Confident blind fools lead us,119Please respect copyright.PENANAfXsjYiUcJy
On perdition's road.119Please respect copyright.PENANA8LfXHXvoxS
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When did we forget,119Please respect copyright.PENANAgBRdxJjJAp
That the road to hell is paved,119Please respect copyright.PENANA28lIe6cTWI
With good intentions?119Please respect copyright.PENANAexbxKvkVj6
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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-lopez119Please respect copyright.PENANAwmOAbZSFD4
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On Crime
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