criminal

celebrating criminals

Criminal still pursues criminal
One in black,
the other in casual
One with a gun,
the other is bare
One is a criminal,
the other is a mere thief
Lay the fact on a flat table
Bring in men of jury
But in the end
Criminal still judges criminal
The other goes to prison
Even in prison,
Criminal watches over criminal
A ceremonial criminal
He always puts on identity

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

well done .. deep social commentary in this one .. love the play with criminal on criminal .. makes me think of my Lord Jesus' words .. all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God ... yet our society must have laws to protect and preserve the "getting along" .. so we can draw a line and sit in judgement in the sense of man and justice .. faulty as it is ... here in the US we have a grown and still developing group of lawyers and advocates who work very hard to free those in prison unjustly .. recently on AGT a man who spent 37 yrs was finally released ... his case was deplorable .. no evidence against him . in fact what they had proved it wasn't him .. he was picked seemingly at random and rough shod into prison for 37 yrs before being freed .. give a listen to him here https://youtu.be/ShgOH1u78XA knowing a little about his story and hearing his song will break your heart with the joy of him now a free man .. love your poem ... strong social commentary on multibple levels .. well done sir!
E.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

How can there be that many views of this piece and not one comment?
That is criminal to me.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I think we are all part of the innocents...but we are all criminals as well...we have that side to us and some get away with it, others don't...
maybe good intentions too often go awry.
I like this one, lots.
j.