Random Acts of Poetry

The Kill in the Kindness

The encouraging pamphlet addresses
in soothing words, the kindness
in the kill, the uprightness
of making choices.
The well-crafted nuances
the euphemistic dances
excusing the circumstances.
Try to enjoy this.
Ignore the kill in the kindness,
the machine humming, don't mind it.
This is no time for hindsight,
or listening for the voiceless.
The future is noiseless.



Line count - 13
Rhyme Scheme - nearly aaab, cccb, dddbb

PROMPT: THE KILL IN THE KINDNESS/THE KINDNESS IN THE KILL

-Use either, or both, but you must use the entire phrase
-you MUST use ONLY near rhymes (no exact rhymes)
-rhyming scheme is your choice
-poem must be a minimum 11 lines