My Reform School

My Reform School

Sharks want blood.
They drink in the flavor.
You can't teach a shark
to drink vinegar.
You can't teach the rapist
not to rape, nor why.
You cannot teach the tyranny,
out of the tyrant.
But you can kill them all.


Dedicated to all my brothers and sisters in war and peace
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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April 28, 2016 at 1:02 PM
Wow, Seth... so true you can't change much.... Awesome dedication, The easiest way for some is in violence... Enjoyed. Linda
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April 28, 2016 at 2:11 PM
For those that have the easiest way in violence there are those to terminate such scope.
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April 28, 2016 at 1:22 PM
My life has been threatened imminently more times than I can ever remember. Buy I have won many enemies with friendship. A poem can only take so many positions at once.
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