234

By subtle incandescence

I will be
the persecutor
of the innocent,
their torturer
that I may already know
my folly,
my error,
and that I may
destroy the institution
from the inside out,
thus liberating the innocent.
Then
I will beg
they persecute me.

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Copyright 2003 subtle incandescence
Published on Friday, December 5, 2003.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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