Semblance

In the old part of town,
he raped an eight year old girl,

afterwards he pulled up his zipper.
With his animal instincts satisfied,

he knew he must strangle her,
he could hear the nearby noise

of the freewayfreewayfreeway,
he could smell the smog,

he could hear distant voices,
he dragged her into the bushes,

he walked up the hill to civilization,
and he became human again.