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Jericho's Wall

An Abecedarian Poem

By Kenny PennPublished 3 years ago • Updated 3 years ago • 1 min read
Top Story - January 2024
Jericho's Wall
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Anger rages within, scorching flames, like a

Bonfire, blazing, its heat spreads through me,

Consuming all other thoughts, igniting passionate

Disgust at your thoughtless decisions.

Ever you play the innocent victim, the one who

Forever forgets the crucial parts you've played in

Generating the destruction of your own relationships.

How you can look at your conniving face in the mirror

I'll never understand. Yet there is one thing I do know.

Justice is coming. Its shadow grows heavy on your

Knavish consciousness, its sharpened sword singing the

Legitimacy of your downfall, revealing cracks in your

Mental armor. The sun is setting, the day is ending.

Night will fall on the face of the lies you tell yourself,

Opening the way for the truth to be seen, and there you'll

Quail before the righteous rage of your victims,

Revealing the depth of your tearful cowardice, your

Shitty excuses will fall around you like dead flies,

Traitors to your name and your self-centered causes.

Underneath it all, we'll see you for what you are, a

Vainglorious troll hell bent on hiding the truth, a

Wicked liar, gaslighting those remaining unconvinced, a

Xenophobic monster buried behind sympathetic smiles.

Yesterday you betrayed a child, one dependent on your love,

Zealously, like he deserved it, you'll get yours in the end.

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    Written by Kenny Penn