Began three days of misery
A scene of retaliation
Epitomizing violence, horror, and vindication

Thieves, murderers, and rapists
Inundated their prison like homicidal sadists
Guards and convicts alike would pay the price

To them the electric chair would look like paradise
Only degradation, torture, and cremation would suffice


A sea of agony rolled in like the coming of the tide
The more fortunate escaped the insanity through suicide
The screams of the dying would haunt the living to the grave

Survivors of the riot relive the nightmare every day
The last act of defiance


With a never-ending appetite
Barbiturates set them off like dynamite
Eradicating informants

Acetylene torches dealt the punishment
Melted from skin to bone
The fire silenced their screams to moans

Smoke filled the air from bodies set aflame
Begging for mercy, but their words were spoken in vain
They weren't allowed to perish until they cherished all the pain


Guards they had taken hostage
Were to blame for pushing them over the edge

Their brutality would be their demise
Like sharks in a frenzy they lashed out at their prize
When the madness had ended

The gore was too intense to be comprehended
No one explained the real reason why
For cruelty of a few, so many should die

They knew of the flaws, but still insist the cause was justified