Set~Up #OpenLinkNight @dVersePoets
The simplest plans are always the sweetest
no need to complicate
some DNA upon the plate
and the clock set just so...
there you go.
Escape through the night to the dawn
Where nightmares evaporate
Alibi's tight, not second rate
He will go down with the sun
it was his gun.
Broken and lifeless, bled-out
Her body sticks to the floor
In view of open door
yet her spirit lingers
seeking trigger finger
Spinning lights and sirens scream
Neighbors talk
while strangers gawk
His tears prove he was not the one
to shoot the gun
Seeking strangers on quiet streets
Things like this don't happen here
A community entrenched in fear
Citizens on patrol
Control
Laid to rest, he roams free
A stranger placed where he should be
because of hair, a print, a mask
but it was not he who did the task
justice must move fast
A trial now, a jury box
the court room packed yet still
nosy neighbors seeking thrill
Seen on TV
Believe you me
Flat-out lies and parlour tricks
A Sheriff needs to win
never mind who really sinned
His town needs to be let go
Of this media driven circus show
So the verdict is passed down
based on a faulty alibi
an innocent man has been sent to die
but he get's a chance at appeal
how does that make you feel?
Set-up, hung-out to dry
while husband mourns, eating casserole
rid of the woman that slowed his roll
and nagged him half to death
He had to steal her breath
In order to breathe his own.
I visited John Mountain over at Written in Blood today, an awesome little horror movie review site, and he asked about the death penalty and whether or not we agree with it...rather than leaving a huge rant on his space, I decided to use the question as inspiration for OpenLinkNight....I DON'T agree with the death penalty...surprise! Not only do we have too much proof that our justice systems fail...I also don't think we win by turning into the monsters we try to protect each other from. Hope you'll consider joining in over at dVerse, where the magic of @Hedge_Witch will be getting the party underway at 3pmEST.
no need to complicate
some DNA upon the plate
and the clock set just so...
there you go.
Escape through the night to the dawn
Where nightmares evaporate
Alibi's tight, not second rate
He will go down with the sun
it was his gun.
Broken and lifeless, bled-out
Her body sticks to the floor
In view of open door
yet her spirit lingers
seeking trigger finger
Spinning lights and sirens scream
Neighbors talk
while strangers gawk
His tears prove he was not the one
to shoot the gun
Seeking strangers on quiet streets
Things like this don't happen here
A community entrenched in fear
Citizens on patrol
Control
Laid to rest, he roams free
A stranger placed where he should be
because of hair, a print, a mask
but it was not he who did the task
justice must move fast
A trial now, a jury box
the court room packed yet still
nosy neighbors seeking thrill
Seen on TV
Believe you me
Flat-out lies and parlour tricks
A Sheriff needs to win
never mind who really sinned
His town needs to be let go
Of this media driven circus show
So the verdict is passed down
based on a faulty alibi
an innocent man has been sent to die
but he get's a chance at appeal
how does that make you feel?
Set-up, hung-out to dry
while husband mourns, eating casserole
rid of the woman that slowed his roll
and nagged him half to death
He had to steal her breath
In order to breathe his own.
I visited John Mountain over at Written in Blood today, an awesome little horror movie review site, and he asked about the death penalty and whether or not we agree with it...rather than leaving a huge rant on his space, I decided to use the question as inspiration for OpenLinkNight....I DON'T agree with the death penalty...surprise! Not only do we have too much proof that our justice systems fail...I also don't think we win by turning into the monsters we try to protect each other from. Hope you'll consider joining in over at dVerse, where the magic of @Hedge_Witch will be getting the party underway at 3pmEST.
Comments
"The simplest plans are always the sweetest no need to complicate
some DNA upon the plate..."
Gotta love it!
Hopefully, one day we shall evolve more as a species so the things you wrote about will be a nightmare from the past!
Roger
And be done with them is a better goal
As our justice system is crap
And they always try to frame some poor sap
So the innocent would get taken down
Thanks to the so called justice of the crown.
Loved this.
Whoever begins to read this short story-rhyme, it is guaranteed they will not stop until the end.
THE END!
THANKS, Nataha
PEACE!
Steve E
I loved how your poem flows easily from one gripping point to another and doesn't let the reader go!
The structure of your poem lends (use of single lines in between the different stanzas) gives a sense of dire consequence and immediate impact --
asking each one of us to help take action not to accept but to work for change of this injustice!
really well done, the story unfolds through a gamut of emotion and horror.
i was struck by how often this story unfolds, for real, in our news stream.
I like this powerful write about what happens all too many times...people get away with murder. And people who don't do the crimes are sitting in cells...
Rest in peace Ashley and Miranda
Until a justice system can guarantee to be flawless (ie never, as long as human beings are gathering evidence, formulating defence & prosecution, pressurized by outside forces etc etc) there will always be wrongful convictions.. and there's no sorry when someone has lost their life within that fallible system.
Bravo for writing.. and for writing well.
In order to breathe his own."
Damn Tashtoo.
Love the flow of this, the rhyme, how it connects, yet jolts. What price personal freedom?
all sorts of good thoughts here ...~!