Musing on the Death Penalty
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A double murderer
Shot before a firing squad
Justice or revenge?
An eye for an eye
So, the old law book conveys
Punishment for sin
Society’s way
To rid town square of wrongs
Yet, death ...
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Categories:
talionis, 12th grade, abuse, death,
Form: Haiku
When God Is Small
...The pain that man inflicts on man,
Near constant since our time began.
‘Twas Abel by his brother killed,
No proper view of life instilled.
And ever since, we’ve spiraled down,
Eschewing heav...
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Categories:
talionis, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Lex Talionis
...my body cast
in stone
for ye
who throw
the first
i'll throw
it back
not needing
to ask why you
unto me
but an
eye
for an eye
forgotten
foreign
old texts
of testa
mints
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Categories:
talionis, muse,
Form: I do not know?
Acts To Zenith
...Acts of contrition, on knees if I recount
Beatitudes, eight, sermon on the mount
Charity given, is blessings received
Dalai Lama, a Buddhist deity
Ecumenism, it understands and unites
Fascism er...
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Categories:
talionis, faith, freedom, gospel, poetry,
Form: Abecedarian