To Scourge the Fiends

What should happen to monsters.
Remove their worldly riches.
Sell their homes to compensate
those harmed by their evil ways.
(Scourge the fiends!)

Imagine them sealed away
 in solitary confinement
 for the rest of their lives.
Have a camera capture every moment in their cells.

No tv, no books, no phone.
No contact with the outside world.
No comfort food.
Only gruel and water for sustenance.
(Scourge the fiends!)

Have a video screen show the names and faces
 of the millions of people
whose lives they've destroyed.
 Let it run 24 hours a day.
(Make them suffer!)

Let there be no visitors
other than those they've damaged.
Let their victims tell their stories.
Force them to pay attention.

Give them no sunlight,
Give them no escape from the torture.
Let the world watch them suffer.
Remove their names; address them by numbers.
(Let them suffer!)

No medical care.
If they die, so be it.
Never, ever set them free.
Let them suffer.
Let them suffer.
(Let them suffer!)

 ©Ellen Pepper 2026