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Knife Crime Britain

Wallet ? Check Phone ? Check Key's ? Check Knife ? Check Death Wish ???????? CHECK See you Later ? Maybe you will ? Maybe you won't ? Whole life ahead Barely a teenager Yet leaving home dressed to Kill Far to young to understand Just exactly how this scenario will play out or end You either end up Stabbed to Death Yourself Or Sentenced to Life in Prison Better still might as well take that Knife And drive it through your Mother's Heart Because whatever the final outcome It's the Mother's who are bound to Suffer And come off Worse When you are reduced to a Photograph In a Locket or her Purse Or flowers on your Grave To mark another Anniversary She bor you and gave you life And in return how do you pay her back and thank her You Steal her Child from her For What ????

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Date: 4/24/2019 9:57:00 AM
A good cautionary tale Christopher. Canada is still pretty good but we do have some gang violence in the larger centres. Hopefully the will not become epidemic.
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 4/25/2019 5:33:00 PM
It only will Richard if you have feeble political leaders and a justice system that is no deterrent at all. Deeds are needed not words Condemnation doesn't deter
Date: 4/21/2019 1:25:00 AM
A powerful write Christopher - I didn't realize things were that bad in Britain! South Africa is renowned for its crime but sad to think the whole world will shortly be plagued by poverty to the point that war won't be for power but for food and water. Poetry hugs, Jennifer.
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 4/21/2019 4:41:00 PM
Agree the future is looking bleak. If things get bad enough people will strike back. And people will fight to the death for food and water
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 4/21/2019 4:39:00 PM
Your so right Jennifer People ask me did I leave S.A and move back to Liverpool to get away from all the crime. That seems mute now as its slowly getting just as bad here now sadly.
Date: 4/19/2019 11:15:00 PM
Sadly its becoming worse Christopher and sadly becoming the norm in Britain. Not due to cuts in police numbers ?, yeah right. New York had problems, police numbers doubled, problems solved.
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 4/21/2019 4:24:00 PM
Regrettably we do not have a Mayor Guiliani willing to institute a Zero Tolerance approach to Crime. What we do have is an army of Do-Gooders who wish to justify and defend not the victim questioning rather what have we done to this poor person to make them do what they did
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 4/21/2019 4:13:00 PM
Sadly British politicians don't have the will to make the Tough decisions. The British legal system does not care about Victims it only cares about the Criminals rights
Date: 4/19/2019 7:24:00 PM
Well done. what I never get, is parents who insist on staying in shooting gallery hoods.... Then the kids, of course, die. A tragedy for an entire family. Panagiota
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 4/21/2019 3:49:00 PM
If you can't understand the parents Panagiota . If nothing else it makes there children's actions easier to explain or understand as Monkey see Monkey Doo
Date: 4/19/2019 7:05:00 PM
A powerful, honest poem.
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 4/21/2019 3:40:00 PM
Cheers W.A Thank you Ta

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