A few bad apples,
they said
Apples laced with poison,
apples that kill
Apples left
in the barrel,
long after we
noticed their rot
Protected by the other apples,
who rally around them,
declaring poison is
standard apple procedure
Protected by
qualified apple immunity
to the laws of the land
Protected by a society
that too often looked away,
or found a flaw with
how the victim chewed
once upon the past,
or simply disliked
the color of their teeth
The poison
lingering, festering,
dripping onto the
apples below,
waiting for the next
unsuspecting bite
The other apples claim
the bad ones wouldn’t
have killed if you had
been in better health
You should have been able
to withstand the poison
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