[ SciFi & Fantasy ] The Tenth Melissa

              
Five kilometers underground            
     manufactured in secret                
along with nine others            
     Shadow government facility                
               
Absent parents or brothers            
     a hive of sisterhood           
intentions far from altruistic            
     pretensed as Greater Good              
               
plaus • i • ble   de • ni • a • bil • i • ty                
               
Thus a little known story                
in which chaos erupted;              
cloning experiment gone awry---                
gene pool corrupted                
               
Siblings                
anywhere from deformed              
to downright psychotic                
full of rage, pent up violence                
to passive, quite robotic---                
unlike her                
               
perfect in every way:                
balanced, beautiful, intelligent            
     from conception            
       she was the exception                
               
The Tenth Melissa                
               
And then one artificial sun day                
she lifted a security guard's pistol            
---shot him point blank in the face              
Level 9 Access card, she stole               
               
Commandeered the control room             
---locked down every exit               
That this was ever coming  
Not a single soul saw it                
               
No matter how much praise                
was heaped upon on her                
she viewed herself a monster        
         
an abomination       
            
and refused to go on living                
knowing the worst in her                
was manifest in her kin            
               
knowing the worst in them                
resided just below the surface of her                
skin                
               
Self Destruct Mechanism Activated                
               
Self Destruct Mechanism Activated                
               
Self Destruct Mechanism Activated                
               
Countdown To Detonation Sequence Commencing                
               
Ten                
               
Pounding the shatter proof glass                
they begged her to let them in                
fearing for their lives                
               
Nine                
               
Trapped            
Rats in a maze scurrying                
Cell Phones Not Permitted On Premises                
No calling children, husbands, wives                
               
Eight                
               
"Wait, Melissa - wait!                
"It doesn't have to be this way!"                
"Just open the door!"                
"Let's discuss this some more!"                
               
Seven, Six, Five                
               
They'd say anything to stay alive---                
anything to spare their hides                
but this Godplay needed exposing                
               
The Truth would set her Free                
               
Five, Four, Three                
               
Not even Melissas Two through Nine                
convinced her to stop the countdown                
while Crazy Melissa Number One                
cheered her on just for fun!                
               
Four, Three, Two                
               
"Sister, please don't do this!"                
"You know we all love you!"                
"Why, Melissa, Why?!"                
               
Pleading was all they could do                
except kiss their asses                
               
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