Guilt By Association Poem by soren Barrett

A knife alongside a spoon, which is used to eat peas
Flea on a rat's back, which is able to spread disease
A dove with crows in the field, which will the farmer shoot
Hole in the apple, will you eat the worm with the fruit

A bullet in a gun, which one the victim kills
A finger on the trigger, go figure, which one death fulfills
All associated with the other, guilt by association
Is it both, one or none that should be taken into consideration

Beware friends you keep, with whom you sleep, in their shadow you live
Guilt by association, people's interpretation, right or wrong it's what you give