Gibbet

GIBBET

–noun
1.a gallows with a projecting arm at the top, from which the bodies of criminals were formerly hung in chains and left suspended after execution.
–verb (used with object)
2. to hang on a gibbet.
3. to put to death by hanging on a gibbet.
4. to hold up to public scorn.






















Roads have forks,
And so have gallows,
Bitter and taunting
For the poor gibbeting souls
Alternative paths flaunting vain illusions.
In front of their dying eyes.