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The Judge The Jury The Executioner

Visiting my favorite bar again  
Drinking away my lifes demons  
Laughing with a devilish grin    
Quickly my tolerance weakens    
Reluctantly I give myself consent  
To leave the bar for many reasons  
It's at this point in time when  
The plot thickens and it deepens  
   
Heading home on stumbling feet  
I shortcut down a dark deadly lane  
Haunting chills fill the empty street  
My instincts no longer can I restrain  
Screams echo on the cold concrete  
In the distance a victim slain  
Face to face with eyes of deceit  
Of a man consumed by disdain  
   
A moment of shock sent a chill  
A perfect reflection in the mirror  
A spitting image of me stood still  
Into focus becoming clearer  
My doppleganger has just killed  
Never was death ever nearer  
The knife dropped with blood spilled  
Numbing me with shivers of fear  
   
Sirens sounding and flashing lights  
As I was frozen in place and time  
Chaos enraged this darkened night  
A victim of this violent crime  
Sobering up and feeling contrite  
With repentance I'm sublime  
Finding my innocence to rewrite  
My alibi is an uphill climb  
   
Now facing a lifetime sentence  
Named the executioner I'm arrested  
Eight victims killed in my vengeance  
Mass murderer has been suggested  
Praying to my maker for repentance  
Leniency from the jury I requested  
Isolated in my own independence  
Despite my soul being infested  
   
I was at the wrong time and place  
After drinking away my life of lies  
An unfortunate circumstance and case  
Drowning myself in sorrows I despise    
My memories I try to displace  
Astonished and to my surprise  
I look up and see the judges face    
And my dopplegangers deceiftul eyes  
   
I screamed out in the silence  
He's the killer you're looking for  
He committed these acts of violence  
Never have I been so sure  
The judge yells back in utter defiance  
While hiding in his robe obscure    
Living in denial is your misguidance  
Guilty guilty to the jury he implores  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Written by Mstrmnd1923
Published | Edited 4th Nov 2024
Author's Note
Originally written for the case of mistaken identity competition about dopplegangers but I did not submit in time..shame on me
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