In mid-air <br />It lies suspended <br />With potent power <br />Waiting to serve <br />Its stone-faced master <br />It poses <br />Like the open mouth <br />Of a cunning croc <br />Waiting patiently <br />For its helpless victim <br />And when it gets him <br />It acts like a robber <br />Snapping <br />Snatching the life <br />Of unlucky convicts <br />The hangman’s noose <br />Thick and round <br />Hanging gaily <br />Like a harmless swing <br />Yet a frightening terror <br />To criminal minds <br />And horror <br />Even to the innocent.<br /><br />Tobi Adebowale<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-hangman-s-noose/
