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Green Paper Lie
I'm very new to this, so some of this poem is sorta' disjointed- my favorite verses are the last two. :P
Green Paper Lie
A hand in the pocket, a knife at the throat,
wanting a small paper note-
He pulls the knife back, plunging deep,
the price for my wallet is steep-
He has taken my life, I'll take a fee,
opening his throat, in a wide open "v"-
He hadn't a chance, as he fell to the earth,
surprise on his face, man without mirth-
I throw a bloody knife onto a bloody ground,
and turned at a sudden sound-
A child stands looking at me,
staring at the bloody debris-
We stand for the longest time,
blood trickles down like deep red wine-
I can taste it on my tongue,
blood flows from my throat, filling a lung-
The time has fled, I am to die,
saying my last goodbye-
to a little girl so like my own,
who has watched me cut a man to the bone-
Should I cause two deaths in anger?,
finding the strength to kill a stranger-
Taking his life, as well as mine
Taking two, for a paper fine?
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A small girl stands, presiding over death,
standing in an alleyway, the only one left-
Having watched two men die,
For a green paper lie-
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