Two-Pound Torch

The courtroom was packed as the verdict was delivered
 The quiet defendant sat paralysed in disbelief
 Her hands would be severed, she would be hung and then burnt
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 I turned to console her but she was already being ushered away
 Her life had never been an easy one
 Forced to procreate like beasts in dark stables
 She wept whenever she laid her head down to sleep
 To escape would be her only refuge
 From this trivial life she had been forced to lead
 Her lover's empty promises
 Drove her towards these drastic measures
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 Her timeline was ticking with the spring thaw quickly approaching
 Aware that she would be whisked away with the free flowing currents
 She had to react
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 The tiny witness who pointed her out
 Giggles today as she walks towards the schoolhouse
 But Angelique had no freedom ever since that gavel fell
 The shovel full of coals is what persuaded the judge
 At the gallows she stood before them
 With quivering lips she begged for absolution
 But when the hangman tripped the switch
 Her body finally fell towards its fate
 Afterwards the empty carcass was flunt upon the pyre
 Her neighbors and comrades all watched as the hem of her skirt ignited
 They all cheered with glee as the flames consumed her