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Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Throwing the Switch

By Gerard DiLeoPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
Too many amps

The current through our braided tightrope

No longer conducts; it resists.

Ohms heat the knots 'til white hot.

A cruel incandescence

Shorts our circuit and

Electrocutes,

Amps, and shocks

Us to

Death

heartbreak

About the Creator

Gerard DiLeo

Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!

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    Written by Gerard DiLeo