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May I be Excused?

Without denials
the only shelter
from reason
in proscribed
rebellion

I stand excused
because of duress
in flaming nightmare
flashback montages
of gang-filled mad-max
and genocide

...high end revolution
from Revelation

Written by EdibleWords

Published 28th Jun 2020

Author's Note

The American Law Institute Model Penal Code expresses "a fine line between justification and excuse can sensibly be drawn... To say someone's conduct is 'justified' ordinarily connotes that the conduct is thought to be right, or at least not undesirable; to say that someone's conduct is 'excused' ordinarily connotes that the conduct is thought to be undesirable but for some reason the actor is not to be blamed for it."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justification_and_excuse

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