{"id":2556,"date":"2026-03-16T02:09:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T16:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=2556"},"modified":"2026-03-16T02:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T16:09:25","slug":"first-degree-murder-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/first-degree-murder-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"FIRST DEGREE MURDER — a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n

FIRST DEGREE MURDER<\/p>\n

by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry<\/a><\/p>\n

06-08-2019<\/p>\n

I did not see it coming,
\nThat monster had a knife,
\nHe had but one mission,
\nTo take away my life.<\/p>\n

I could not understand it,
\nWhat had I done so wrong?
\nMy mother did not want me,
\nThough she was so far along.<\/p>\n

I thought that you loved me,
\nAnd that you really cared,
\nCan’t you see I am dying?
\nMom, I am so very scared.<\/p>\n

Then I felt so much pain,
\nAs my limbs ripped apart,
\nMother please don’t do it,
\nWhy don’t you have a heart?<\/p>\n

Blackness now surrounds me,
\nMy life is slipping away,
\nBut mom, I still love you,
\nWill I see you again someday?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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