Crime Poem by Ovidd

i can not imagine a horror greater
than that of being executed
for a crime another committed

knowing a murderer murders again

a problem of appeal is
the only appeal is to a judge
a defender of the very system
that caused the appeal

a law against killing?
the one who made this is dead
as are the ones that follow it

we all die but why? we all
think and therefore contrive
for the sake of one
and then all

why two rights
must kill each other
is the crime