Vengeance Justice At Sunset House Poem by michael spangenberg

From the outside, a happy marriage - with a doctor
From the inside too, until she got that senior post
The threats, the resentment, compressed anger
Violence compounding, the sadistic outbursts
In front of three small children.

One day he beat her up, all red and blue
No other choice, but to leave him - for good
A nasty divorce, the regime of joint custody
An abandoned father's first time alone
With the children, who cherished him.

November 7,2005,2pm: Greenwich Mean Time
A chilly Afternoon to remember
She's having tea with the neighbors - all of a sudden
Two police devils on the doorstep, soft knocking
On the front door of the scarlet-red Georgian House.

He butchered the children
Right before hanging himself
Capital punishment for the innocent ones
Retaliative justice for the wife beater
Wife beaten up for life.

Footnote - Non-fictitious poem, based on a real life story told on
BBC World Service Radio News, December 13,2016.