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01/23/24

Dark Nursery rhyme A-N-D Eye Rhyme 

Sixth place

Premier Contest by Hilo Poet

No. 1982

Contest by Brian Strand 

REVENGE

          REVENGE

          Avenge !
          Revenge.

                       Malice:
                      Stabbed thrice.
                                                      
                                             Done crime.
                                             Yes. Prime.
                                                                  
         Brutal.
          Fatal.
                         Blunder .
                         Murder.
                                             Crisis !
                                             Police.
                                                                   Hurry !
                                                                   Query.
                                              
       Witness.
       Court case.
                                Going      
                                prolong.
                                                         How to
                                                        predict ? 
                                                       What’s the 
                                                        verdict !        
       Life term ?
       Less harm.
        Fourteen
        years in
        prison !  
        Fate : clean.
                                              Or, hence
                                             sentenced
                                              to death.
                                             Last breath !
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Rodrigues Avatar
January 23, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Oh wow! This is great! A fave!
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