Victim
What makes a victim?
Potential for a good-looking corpse,
accident of birth,
genetic defect,
lack of self worth?
Maybe an invisible brand
only villains can devine;
pretty face,
a “kick me hard” sign?
Palpable sense of innocence,
evil at the core;
death wish,
not knowing the score?
Decrees of fate and chance,
pride before a fall,
chaos theory,
nothing much at all?
What makes a victim?
Little more than this:
filling a space,
the wrong time,
the wrong place…
Copyright © Tony Bush | Year Posted 2005
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