They find alibis, ghosts and murder.
"Execute the defendant", court's order.
Holding a prisoner hostage, boasting and broadcasting.
Evergreen evidence, still in their drafting.
Witnesses testify under pretences.
Denial and prosopagnosia are my only defences.
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20 Poems over 20 Summers: 20/20 Eyesight For The Years I've Lived & Outgrown
PoesíaI have never understood the power of the pen until it spoke to me and said, "It's time to shine". These are twenty poems over the course of my life and however skewed their meanings are, they represent my thoughts and inhibitions.
Take the stand.
They find alibis, ghosts and murder.
"Execute the defendant", court's order.
Holding a prisoner hostage, boasting and broadcasting.
Evergreen evidence, still in their drafting.
Witnesses testify under pretences.
Denial and prosopagnosia are my only defences.