On today's menu we have some lock'em up and throw away the key brevity. Have a seat and enjoy...

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  crime of passion

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alone
in the echo
of a heartbeat

locked
behind hollow ivory bars

convicted

stripped
of my freedom
to love

she stole the oxygen
i was a setup

now i’m doing life
for a crime of passion
because i told the judge
i would do it again
 
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poetry by: @thiscrazylife
in ink...we stain
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