Fiction comes alive,107Please respect copyright.PENANAOGodB2LZFy
Dystopian visions thrive,107Please respect copyright.PENANAwmIk3T8YCa
In Cities world wide.107Please respect copyright.PENANA2sCSXnBXEc
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A Clockwork Orange,107Please respect copyright.PENANA3wLIaO5c2t
Lord or the Flies, Brave New World,107Please respect copyright.PENANAgTYOdGf45B
Nineteen Eighty Four.107Please respect copyright.PENANAbRzqClAXYK
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Animal Farm and,107Please respect copyright.PENANABnfkKEo9dd
Fahrenheit Four Fifty One,107Please respect copyright.PENANAmeN1kGYlih
All have come to pass.107Please respect copyright.PENANAXvNskqIII9
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And they will perdure,107Please respect copyright.PENANAWrcYz13sP2
If we defend what's clearly,107Please respect copyright.PENANAySUK9tOD4E
Indefensible.107Please respect copyright.PENANAvmFFoXctQi
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Feed a hungry beast,107Please respect copyright.PENANAusNJqVJ5to
It will grow and it will thrive,107Please respect copyright.PENANAFzRtsn21xZ
And eat you alive.107Please respect copyright.PENANApWeQG3XpVn
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Likewise criminals,107Please respect copyright.PENANAkkunADBDEA
Who thrive when no consequences,107Please respect copyright.PENANAhM2aUYPSSP
Attach to their crimes.107Please respect copyright.PENANAk0vdeL0Dtl
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When crimes are excused,107Please respect copyright.PENANAMVEsRXQ3Cy
And criminals deemed victims,107Please respect copyright.PENANA0N4QGSIbDr
What should we expect?107Please respect copyright.PENANArLYtaIRgRg
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Poverty, racism,107Please respect copyright.PENANAymsfo6uIBr
Broken homes, addiction, vice,107Please respect copyright.PENANAzT4v7pkV1h
Contribute to crime.107Please respect copyright.PENANAHwih8Ma8HY
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But crime's true root cause,107Please respect copyright.PENANAQTyijuieNB
Is immoral criminals,107Please respect copyright.PENANA4EfsJzVJTb
And their enablers.107Please respect copyright.PENANAsb0B3Hi44n
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Moral compass lost,107Please respect copyright.PENANAJKjVo0pxJ5
Confident blind fools lead us,107Please respect copyright.PENANAqYhm9r2O01
On perdition's road.107Please respect copyright.PENANAvaZUPmfs8c
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When did we forget,107Please respect copyright.PENANAdUgXpKGaS7
That the road to hell is paved,107Please respect copyright.PENANAOKD9dovItu
With good intentions?107Please respect copyright.PENANAUFSJ14n46w
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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-lopez107Please respect copyright.PENANAqWxeCWHQr3
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On Crime
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