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I Am a Killer

Will you fall to me

By Mark Stigers Published about a year ago Updated about a year ago 1 min read
I Am a Killer
Photo by Lance Asper on Unsplash

I am a top cause of death,

if you are among the young.

Who will be left depressed,

if to your end you come?

I do what ever you tell me.

It’s you in control.

It’s you that makes things be.

You are responsible for the toll.

To the standard was I maintained,

or was something not quite right.

Should you be detained,

if all was brought to light.

In the future will people be allowed,

to control this common fate,

or will computers be endowed,

with a governmental mandate.

Once in charge a human was,

will this always be true?

Or will a decision be made because,

of all deadly mistakes we do.

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About the Creator

Mark Stigers

One year after my birth sputnik was launched, making me a space child. I did a hitch in the Navy as a electronics tech. I worked for Hughes Aircraft Company for quite a while. I currently live in the Saguaro forest in Tucson Arizona

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