killing people

there are those that believe that

if someone kills someone they like

they should be killed

and then they become killers


there are those who believe that

if someone does something bad

something bad should be done to them

and they become doers of bad things

or perhaps just promoters of bad things


jesus spoke of these situations

but here in the bible belt

forgiveness is in short supply

and punishment all the rage


the courts are jammed

and the prisons full and overflowing


vengeance is a harsh mistress to serve

and we all become what we do

when we could have become what we are


but that's pretty scary stuff

to the average control freak