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The Final Decision

May 24, 2014
By ConcealedSoul SILVER, Walnut, California
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Favorite Quote:
"The experience of love is the recollection of Heaven." ~ Plato

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Capulet disregards her opinions
Threats spill
To leave Juliet out in the open
Homeless.
Hungry.
Forever disowned.

If she refuses,
I swear to carry on the marriage
With her in hurdle.

Fiercely, directly, he shoots her heart with the words that
Leaves the young with no choice:
“I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday … do not answer me”

© Becca W., Greenbrae, CA

The author's comments:
The school assignment that I had to write was a poem about a character that might have caused the fake death of Juliet from Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. Throughout this poem, there is a shift between perspectives.
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