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Uncruel and Unusual

uncruel & unusual and on that day every supporter of the death penalty (60% or so of american idiots) was ushered into an execution taking place with hands tied behind their backs & eyes propped open with safety pins or whatever it took to keep their goddamned eyes open long enough to watch the slow killing of those they condemned to die, with all the self-righteous certainty of a sunday morning.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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