Scapegoat

In June, I plan to explore writing the Acrostic Poem. I’ve played with this form of poetry in the past. I don’t know how I came up with the idea. It must have been a word experiment for me back in the day when I was playing with poetry. The definition of an Acrostic Poem is the first letter of each line should spell out a word or phrase vertically. This word or phrase plays the role of a theme or message. Also, this message can appear in the middle or end of the poem. Back in the day, I didn’t know I was participating in a style of poetry. My coming across the Acrostic poem design became a clever attempt at wordplay. My  Acrostic style of poetry for today is called Scapegoat.

Scapegoat

Select the one to be sacrificed
Cast them into a corporate cage
Arena of discouragement and discontent
Partition the one and sliced and diced
Engage in verbal espionage without relent
Give them enough fodder to enrage
Once you have convinced them it is all their fault
Amputate everything they hold sacred and dear
Target their comfort zone to increase their fear.

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