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1st Day In May

"2 SISTERS KIDNAPPED---BOTH WERE FOUND DEAD" WAS THE HEADLINE IN THE PAPER I READ INSTANTLY IMAGES FLASH IN MY HEAD OF 2 LITTLE SISTERS KIDNAPPED--FOUND DEAD THERE PARENTS HAD DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT THEY GUARDED THERE YOUNG ONES ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT NOW LEFT WITH NOTHING BUT SORROW AND PAIN BECAUSE OF SOME SICK AND TORMENTED BRAIN WHY THEM? WHY US? THE PARENTS LAMENT SUFFERING SUCH PAIN AND BRUTAL TORMENT THIS CREATURE WHO DRESSES IN HUMAN DISGUISE HEARS NOT THERE WORDS,THERE SCREAMS OR THERE CRIES HE"LL ADMIT VERY LITTLE AND TELL MOSTLY LIES BUT THE ANSWERED ARE BURIED SO DEEP IN HIS EYES THEN PROUD WHAT HE'S DONE HE DESCRIBES IN DETAIL THE DEATH OF THESE CHILDREN SO YOUNG AND SO FRAIL HE CARES NOT A BIT FOR THE ONES HE LEFT DEAD AND SAYS THAT THERE'S DAEMONS INSIDE OF HIS HEAD THE DOCTORS WILL TRY TO GET HIM TO SAY WHY HE DID WHAT HE DID ON THAT FIRST DAY IN MAY HE HAS NO INTENTIONS OF TELLING THEM WHY AGAIN "DAEMONS' .... HIS ONLY REPLY THEY'LL BRING HIM TO TRIAL AND CALL HIM INSANE THAT LAW WILL PROTECT HIM FROM CAUSING SUCH PAIN THEY'LL ASK HIM TO STAND AND THE JURY AGREE I KNOW WHAT ID DO IF THAT FATHER WERE ME I'D CALL FOR THE DEVIL AND MY SOUL I WOULD SELL FOR A TIME TO MEET WITH THIS CREATURE IN HELL HIS SENTENCE WILL BE A SLAP ON THE HAND THE JUDGE IS UPHOLDING THE LAW OF THE LAND IN YEARS AND SOME MONTHS THEY'LL MEASURE HIS FATE SOON AFTER THAT THEY'LL OPEN THE GATE WE'LL ALL WONDER WHY AS THE LAW SETS HIM FREE "HE'S CURED" ",NOT DANGEROUS" THE ANSWERS WILL BE ITS TIME TO WAKE UP OLE' U.S.OF A. AND SEE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE DYING EACH DAY WE'RE STARTLED,WE'RE SHOCKED AND OH VERY SAD WE ASK ONE ANOTHER IF THE WORLD HAS GONE MAD I WONDER MYSELF HOW BAD HAS IT GOT WHEN THESE "DAEMONS" HAVE RIGHTS AND OUR CHILDREN HAVE NOT THESE 2 LITTLE FACES I STILL SEE IN MY HEAD AND ALSO THAT HEADLINE IN THE PAPER THAT READ 2 SISTERS KIDNAPPED-- BOTH WERE FOUND DEAD Copyright ©2008 Robert Longinetti

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