Fiction comes alive,96Please respect copyright.PENANAiuXM5aFxuY
Dystopian visions thrive,96Please respect copyright.PENANAAUpB5ogREr
In Cities world wide.96Please respect copyright.PENANAppzZYziKLM
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A Clockwork Orange,96Please respect copyright.PENANAigRux5N10M
Lord or the Flies, Brave New World,96Please respect copyright.PENANAnnAwueDYaV
Nineteen Eighty Four.96Please respect copyright.PENANAEKVDWidOBZ
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Animal Farm and,96Please respect copyright.PENANAONOl2T98NI
Fahrenheit Four Fifty One,96Please respect copyright.PENANA6lyE4U7r9k
All have come to pass.96Please respect copyright.PENANAM1JRPsyqcP
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And they will perdure,96Please respect copyright.PENANALmAv661iKn
If we defend what's clearly,96Please respect copyright.PENANAK476MsIY0D
Indefensible.96Please respect copyright.PENANAljFGQn1sr3
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Feed a hungry beast,96Please respect copyright.PENANA0V6sA9bkyM
It will grow and it will thrive,96Please respect copyright.PENANABd1kosBtDw
And eat you alive.96Please respect copyright.PENANAkWvIoHDsnf
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Likewise criminals,96Please respect copyright.PENANAttEWjSrdrl
Who thrive when no consequences,96Please respect copyright.PENANAHXZ0WgJoWH
Attach to their crimes.96Please respect copyright.PENANAYC8Ch47Xw4
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When crimes are excused,96Please respect copyright.PENANAlw5YYmGDgC
And criminals deemed victims,96Please respect copyright.PENANA6nf4xYjunM
What should we expect?96Please respect copyright.PENANAFBPn8PxG44
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Poverty, racism,96Please respect copyright.PENANAw4HAcDHPUy
Broken homes, addiction, vice,96Please respect copyright.PENANAwJkYCuuGv2
Contribute to crime.96Please respect copyright.PENANAmuiSgFbXPo
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But crime's true root cause,96Please respect copyright.PENANAyNSKkenCFc
Is immoral criminals,96Please respect copyright.PENANAuOs7S76MUk
And their enablers.96Please respect copyright.PENANAKcmlBgd8OB
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Moral compass lost,96Please respect copyright.PENANAQSOjC75TyD
Confident blind fools lead us,96Please respect copyright.PENANAQtaXWPqbg1
On perdition's road.96Please respect copyright.PENANAB5mkvijHl6
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When did we forget,96Please respect copyright.PENANAHEk9eM7Jtl
That the road to hell is paved,96Please respect copyright.PENANAbxqEQi8R4J
With good intentions?96Please respect copyright.PENANAB8DOMbHQi1
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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-lopez96Please respect copyright.PENANAvhv1znzLyy
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On Crime
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