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Karma


This husband & wife couple were quite the pair;
 
He would say "boo" & she jumped in the air.
 
However, they managed to fool their family & friends; 
 
With their mastered game of kiss & pretend.
 
For they thought if he was to be found dead,
 
That she would drop to the ground like sunken lead.
 
They would not have imagined that it was arson indeed;
 
That burned their home down as an act of pure greed.
 
For he had taken out an insurance policy on his wife;
 
Which would make him rich if not caught with a knife.
 
So he had thought it safer to burn her in a fire;
 
Which he set to his home using two live wires.
 
However, just by chance she poured out her drink;
 
Which had the traquilizers in it for he did not think.
 
Thus she had got up when she smelled the smoke;
 
And locked him inside for karma is indeed no joke.
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Annette M Velasquez
Wow! Amazing narrative full of action, descriptive and well- written.

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