POEM: ‘I Fought the Law and the Law Won (A study in pronouns)’
He defied his dad and got beat up
He worked for the gang and got shot
They wished for war and the war came
She sassed her mom and got the ice treatment
We murdered the whales and our mother is furious
They wished for war and the war came
You falsified the data and the drug killed
She bribed the inspector and the building fell
They wished for war and the war came
We spent beyond our means and went broke
We pissed on Muslims and now they hate us
They wished for war and the war came
I wished for peace and the war came
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