Arthur Vaso Poet Free verse

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We Regret To Inform You

We regret to inform you


If it pleases the court
We enter a plea of guilty on all counts
Failure to obtain happiness
Failure to find the light
Failure to find humanity
Failure to find hope
Failure to see laughter
Failure to be
Failure, failure, failure

So be it the court accepts your plea
We the court of your conscience
We the court of your very being
We the court inside your mind
Hereby sentence you to 
Death

Has the defendant anything to say?
I repeat, has the defendant anything to say?

Slumped in the chair of exposed misery
Nothing more or left to say

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Andrea Dietrich September 11, 2016 at 8:44 PM I like this one Arthur. Too bad we don't have courts like this. but the misery they create is largely their own punishment now and forever. I love what tim said to you below. wish I could chat!! I still have not figured out how to do it and by the time i would figure it out, my hubbie would be home wanting dinner. haha

Tim Smith September 11, 2016 at 8:03 PM Luckily the death penalty has been outlawed in Canada...your sentence has been commuted by President Trump...lol

Seren Roberts September 11, 2016 at 7:07 PM no black cap needed for this prisoner....Seren

Jan Allison September 11, 2016 at 5:21 PM oh guess he doesn't have much chance of a reprieve then Arthur! love the image you found - it is quite beautiful but haunting:-) hugs Jan xx

Casarah Nance September 11, 2016 at 5:07 PM bailiff escort the defendant to the morgue ... sad but good in our sense of humor way. hugs