Crime of Passion
the inmate won’t eat
because s/he is done
with life & uninterested
in continuing to live in a
world that has condemned
them to imprisonment
&
the warden threatens to
force-feed her/him
because the warden
says he works for the
state that “represents
the people”
&
it is they who have the
right to decide when
this wo/man dies & not
that individual
themselves.
Copyright © Andrew Delapruch | Year Posted 2012
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