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ABUSED AND BROKEN Sherrie Ann Benedict	allowed a drink Caged for punishment; starved and broken; death always on the brink I hate you; I love you; then I hate you...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
America’s Danger From Authoritarianism and Disinformation Karl Constantine FOLKES	Punishment for feigned...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Another Urn Jennifer Pierro Ames	And she relished the punishment of suffering sublime But in moments of passion and a belief in the soul, She saw...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Believeth Lies Codi Lynn Reed	then we are all not on time to our eternal punishment believers know Only one life to get the golden noose of hope Scented with a speck of...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Beware Of False Idols (A Cautionary Poem About Breaking The Second Commandment From The Holy Bible) Ke Andre Bell-Washington	For cocaine, heroin, or cannibus Their punishment of substance abuse Is rehab, probation, or community service But if an everyday person is...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
False Profit Joe McLaughlin	And dare to contradict my plan, The punishment will be harsh, But you will learn to...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Generational Anger Daijah Chavez	Like divine punishment, And I have no choice but to carry on such a tradition, Or let it die out with me, ...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Judgment and Glory Richard Newton Sherrer	Punishment is eternal, Away from the Lord’s presence; The fiery infernal, Far from the...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
JudgmentGlory Richard Newton Sherrer	An eternal destruction, The punishment they suffer; For the luring seduction, Caused by the tempter’s...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Mercy and Grace Steve Cochrane	The punishment we deserve, Despite our sins in how we...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
MORE BKB	Her brattiness demands punishment We are apart but under the same sky She sees me for all I am Her loves makes me feel She...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Name Recognition Lawrence S. Pertillar	Regardless who administers the...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Oh, Mr. President Kurt Philip Behm	President —your punishment...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Raids Sex Raids by APES	Chases of Capital Punishment by The City Of Columbus The...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Sometimes Danesha “NESH” Robinson	ay, you will really glance back and understand my punishment given wasn’t ever meant to be...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
The Politics of Crime and Punishment Karl Constantine FOLKES	Crime and Punishment… Dostoyevsky wrote of...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
The Storm odonko- ba	receive such pain and punishment contemplating suicide in search of a...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Thunder and Lightning Leslie Kay Lanham	Praying tonight, her punishment is mild Unable to meet his many demands Her husband unleashes a storm with his...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Traitor Terence Cummings-Smith	I am left to be most penitent, under punishment most lenient, for the crimes which...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Unrequited Love Nobody Nose	Utmost Punishment For...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
What God Wants Us To Do Mark V. Markov	29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Verses for John Cary Leibowitz	A life sentence without parole My punishment is my...	Rate it (4.67 / 3 votes)
angelic creation Ghosti	her what he had done wrong to receive such a...	Rate it (4.50 / 2 votes)
gallery galore Danila Kozyrev	matter of perspective as reward and punishment varying shades on the surface of consequence beauty the comedy the perception is...	Rate it (4.00 / 3 votes)
Life Husain pithawala	Wonderful dream Sometime it is a deadful...	Rate it (4.00 / 1 vote)

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