THROUGH THE FENCE

© 1998 Michael Edwards

Through the fence
Bunny & Pinkie
Met each day
Each with
So much to say

For Bunny
The fence
Was a time warp
Behind it
Stood the past
A 6x9 hell
Otherwise called
A cell
Laden with the memories
Of being
In the wrong place
At the wrong time
seems like they found
him guilty
But they never found
the crime
Beyond the fence
The future
dangling tantalizingly
like one of them
luscious Bombay mango
hanging from the tree
just outside
his reach

Through the fence
One night
Bunny slipped
Squeezing through the hole
he'd diligently
Clipped
And just when
He'd tasted
Freedom at last
From the tower
Came three shotgun blasts

Pinkie
Starting to scream
this couldn't happen so
It must be a dream
While she ballin'
Bunny dead
Even as he fallin'
To the cold concrete
Lots of runnin and
Shoutin'
A familiar voice sayin'
"A did tell you
Him was goin' do it!"
Spotlight
Turning midnight
To daylight
Adding to the mayhem
People crowding around
To view
The system's
Latest
Victim

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