Susan Burch
Contest Name Getting Away with Murder/Murderous Thoughts
Murder
"Murder suicide is the go" said sad Jacker Joe,
“Goanna do it, make a dead hook of it,” he said,
“Ya swallow the poison, shoot yourself in the head,
And swing by the neck as it goes, yo yo,
instead,”
"Drink overproof rum to steady his nerve,
100% Alcohol don’t ya know,
Cyanider provider, with rancid apple cider,
tastes like almonds, a brain swerve provider,
12 guage will off his head might blow,"
"Don’t be caught, what he thought,
By some dill on the case,
Ya might be maybe caught , short,
With the arsenic , and old lace."
Don Johnson
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