COMPETITION PROMPT
Compose a poem exploring how memories fade and morph over time
False Confession
He knew that he was not the one
That dark and and dismal night
Who pulled the trigger of his gun
And ended someone’s life
The plan had gone awfully awry
He was the one they caught
No one there was meant to die
At least, that’s what he’d thought
But now he’s in a small white room
The detective is leaning in
And yelling things they must assume
Since they have the evidence
The detective grabbed onto his shame
And wrung out all his pride
They beat and held him over flames
He had nowhere he could hide
Thoughts incessantly swirling
And no way to get reprieve
He started second guessing
The things he once believed
His memory began to mold
To what they put into his head
‘Till he admitted what they had sold
“It’s because of me that man is dead”
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