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Dennis Bagwell
















The Victim Gets Revenge
















The story goes like this...
A man full of hate
From a life of abuse
Gets in his car
And he's on the loose

He goes on a six month
Murderous binge
But he makes one mistake
Because his mind is unhinged

A rip in the fabric
Of his warped DNA
His eyes see nothing
But revenge and blood and pain

He killed another victim
But she wasn't really dead
She ran down the street
Crying as she bled

Exhausted and broken
And waiting to die
The moons crescent smile
Mocks her from the sky

The manhunt was on
With a description from the victim
A shoot out ensued
But the cops only nicked him

They took him to jail
Amidst a speculating press
A search through his house
Revealed the gruesome mess

Uncovered from his kitchen
Were things you wouldn't believe
I can't begin to tell you
On this chilly Hallow's Eve

The bodies were uncovered
From beneath the hardwood floor
The rest will make you sick
So I cannot say anymore

The trial commenced
But his lawyers cut a deal
His sentenced was reduced
More hidden bodies revealed

But what about our victim?
The one who narrowly escaped
The one who was stabbed
And viciously, brutally raped?

A rip in the fabric
Of her victimized brain
Her eyes see nothing
But revenge and blood and pain

She hid a gun on her person
So the news report said
She followed him to court
And shot him in the head

I feel sorry for this girl
Her mind became unhinged
But this story has a happy end....
Because the victim gets revenge





Dennis is a thirty-something, politically incorrect, mad at the world, conservative/liberal, X Generation, heathen, musician, poet and writer from suburban Orange County California. Dennis moved to North Georgia in 2007 and is living peacefully in the shadows of the heroes (or traitors depending on your view) of the Old South. He has been writing in one form or another since high school. His warped rantings and observations about the cesspool of a world we are surviving in keeps his spiraling descent into madness at bay. Dennis has had his poetry published by the League of American Poets and the American Poets Society, The Horrorzine, 63Channels, Black Petals and Word Salad Poetry Magazine. He has released two spoken-word CD's, A Random Litter of Thought (2006) and Paid in Full (2007) on Batteryface Records. A short film of Dennis' poem Hollywood was made available to coincide with the release of Paid in Full. Visit Dennis at  www.poetrypoem.com/dennisbagwell and  www.myspace.com/dennisbagwell


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