Sacré Rouge
The bathtub killer – time for a pardon ?
Ah, now there’s a thorny one…
She’s a murderess, and a proud one,
And a test for the historian:
We may hate the very notion
Of the capital penalty –
But when a despot’s above the law,
Then is there another remedy ?
We’d much prefer to see him tried
For all the bloodshed he’d provoked –
And yet, she also was a part of that mob
That he had stoked.
Though actually, her action
Didn’t stop the Terror in its tracks,
And made a martyr from a monster,
As they ramped-up their attacks.
The fact that the ancient regime
Was such a horror is no excuse,
Nor that the new lot were the same –
It’s all a cycle of abuse.
Of course, we were not there, in the thick,
So would we be so wise ?
But today, at least, we can stand by the law, and by life –
And not eyes-for-eyes.
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