
Birth guarantees the cost of living unto an infant, maturity a market value made for the executioner’s price. Tax dollars absolve the bill for a beheading. Again. An executioner’s wage! Which appointed authority inked a receipt for death? How were the expenses calculated?
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Art contributes to executions, but lacks the finesse afflicting capital punishment.
Thus, masterpieces happen as frequently as the pendulum swings.
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A profile greets their pillow, settled atop cool linen.
Pupils invoke R.E.M. positions, blind to reality inside the Dream.
Neck is crooked and only straight inside the guillotine.
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Trigger finger light switch.
Pull
The
Rope.
Eyes lowered, blade drops.
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Another payment made to the executioner’s retirement fund.
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