Fiction comes alive,87Please respect copyright.PENANAKhoj0sM0y1
Dystopian visions thrive,87Please respect copyright.PENANALj5ffvL1ql
In Cities world wide.87Please respect copyright.PENANAXT7EuEiao4
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A Clockwork Orange,87Please respect copyright.PENANAv81WkZjr20
Lord or the Flies, Brave New World,87Please respect copyright.PENANA4kThdNiiLy
Nineteen Eighty Four.87Please respect copyright.PENANAznATWdk8wp
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Animal Farm and,87Please respect copyright.PENANA4YD9UV1BZz
Fahrenheit Four Fifty One,87Please respect copyright.PENANAqNdxE7Cvhl
All have come to pass.87Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2lypWKsUM
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And they will perdure,87Please respect copyright.PENANApJ9NX9nx59
If we defend what's clearly,87Please respect copyright.PENANAD6VfT66wZr
Indefensible.87Please respect copyright.PENANAsWsyRK7oq2
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Feed a hungry beast,87Please respect copyright.PENANAFsUx4JJJK9
It will grow and it will thrive,87Please respect copyright.PENANAwjlTVEqFy2
And eat you alive.87Please respect copyright.PENANAfMCjtmO3RV
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Likewise criminals,87Please respect copyright.PENANAEPrIvC1JiV
Who thrive when no consequences,87Please respect copyright.PENANA9iU3Y3fvGM
Attach to their crimes.87Please respect copyright.PENANABg3hpjZk3s
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When crimes are excused,87Please respect copyright.PENANAQA4TcyX79C
And criminals deemed victims,87Please respect copyright.PENANAp0X6R0x5w0
What should we expect?87Please respect copyright.PENANAr1xuYwp08i
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Poverty, racism,87Please respect copyright.PENANAakF2mRtThf
Broken homes, addiction, vice,87Please respect copyright.PENANA4Yw5M3YWVf
Contribute to crime.87Please respect copyright.PENANAU7FF9I8hG6
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But crime's true root cause,87Please respect copyright.PENANA1gP4Vg29si
Is immoral criminals,87Please respect copyright.PENANATUEDuvOAwR
And their enablers.87Please respect copyright.PENANAXEzfhohBVz
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Moral compass lost,87Please respect copyright.PENANATruXpMT30m
Confident blind fools lead us,87Please respect copyright.PENANAMGFY2veNkd
On perdition's road.87Please respect copyright.PENANA2rGuw0M1xw
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When did we forget,87Please respect copyright.PENANA9owrATrz4T
That the road to hell is paved,87Please respect copyright.PENANAhm7vkObs9n
With good intentions?87Please respect copyright.PENANArqOxuFKGiT
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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-lopez87Please respect copyright.PENANAE3ChEtfsI6
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On Crime
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