I met a chap named George Merrow <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the library yesterday <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He had just been released from prison <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You might remember him <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He made front page news a few years back <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As he walked into an abattoir<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And instructed them to stop the slaughter <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When this request was refused <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He shot four people dead <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And hung them from the meat hooks <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I asked him if he regretted his actions <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that what he did was very wrong <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Would he do it again<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He shook his head <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I asked him why <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that he was very tired <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A beaten man without friends <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I said that I would be his friend <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that together we could stop <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This gruesome trade <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The only thing that was wrong <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With his original actions <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was that they were too theatrical <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I said that it was sensible to aim high<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And assassinate the owners and the bosses<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let the foot soldiers live <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you decapitate a wild beast <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then its claws are rendered useless <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was then that I saw his eyes brighten <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hide in the plain sight <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I will do the rest <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quietly and with the minimum of fuss <\/p>\n\n\n\n
An unknown assailant will strike fear <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like a serial killer in a city<\/p>\n\n\n\n
George said that I psychopathic tendencies <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And this scared him a great deal <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He then left the library <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And vanished into the street <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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