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A World Mad With Justice


Officer,

Would you kill someone

Who killed someone

To show that killing is wrong?

Officer,

When you go home at night

What do you teach your kid?

Officer,

How do you answer her

When she asks if killing is bad?

Officer,

You tell her that killing is bad

What you don’t tell her

Is

You kill for a living

 

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