Interrogation Room
I remember the
Interrogation room,
Cold, damp, and gray.
As I looked around
With cuffs on my
Hands, noticing the
Eye of the camera
Documenting each
Move I would make.
The detective came
In the room, with
A loaf of bread,
Breaking it in half,
Handing it over,
While I eat and notice
The gruesome photos
With blood on my hands
But no knife
I've known to hold,
As the detective asks me
Questions I have
No answer to.
I look at the paper
With options from
A, B, C, to D, and E
But the cuffs on my
Hands make it hard
To reach the pen
So as to circle
The correct choice
For the detective to
Grade.
So I was found guilty,
With stutters as my
Native tongue.
And my Miranda Rights
Were read to me
Like a bedtime story,
Although I couldn't remember
Whether or not
There was a right to
Remain silent,
So I fell asleep,
Singing the song of
A lullaby in my head,
Before I had awakened at
The table,
With breakfast served
In the courthouse.
And the judge had
Hit his mallet,
While I had vomitted the
Eggs and bacon,
Smiling for a brighter day
With rain supplying me
Like orange juice,
Vitamin D,
And I had made my humble
Home in an electric chair,
Incapable of moving my arms
As the electricity had
Covered me with its
Angelic wings,
For I had been handcuffed,
And sentenced to life
In confinement.
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