The Conundrum of Ambiguity

by silvershoes   Dec 13, 2010


The pendulum strikes!
He asks for more time, but
Evanescence is ever present.

Churlish is the word
Of the day, they say, as his
Neck bends to consent an
Unorthodox decision bearing
Naught but false claims,
Denying all hope for
Reprieve - though,
Unclear as the facts may be, he is a
Martyr to his cause.

Oh, dearest death...
For death is dear in repugnance...

At last, the ax
Meanders downwind, and
Bits of fearsome revolutionary
Inklings can be seen
Gasping for a final, flying breath.
Unfortunately,
It happens with ill showmanship -
Three more falls before
Yclept the end.

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  • 14 years ago

    by Jad

    AA great poem that surprised me when I read back over it to see that it was an acrostic. That must have been a hidden secret you were hoping to get away with or something. Anyway this poem holds a trues message. The flow of this poem was excellent and it went from line to line from stanza to stanza. I love the way you have given the message of this poem as it shows us that today we have much better justice system then what they had back then.

    In all I enjoyed this piece very much though it is sad that many people did indeed die this way like Hellon said. One last thing I will mention is this piece was very simplistic and it is easy to grasp the situation. Great job and keep writing.

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