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Rated: 13+ · Book · Writing · #2316158
The second of my collections of poems written for "Express It In Eight."
As usual these days, I choose blog format because it offers more space for the work.
April 3, 2025 at 6:22am
April 3, 2025 at 6:22am
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Crooked

And what indeed are laws
but society’s claws
protecting just the rich
while I am in the ditch?

So I steal and borrow
my desires to follow
my god’s the same as theirs
ensuring still my share.


Line count: 8
Rhymed aabb syllables 6 per line
For Express It In Eight, 04.03.25
Prompt: Write a poem from the perspective of a criminal.
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