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- Story Listed as: True Life For Adults
- Theme: Drama / Human Interest
- Subject: Crime
- Published: 08/06/2023
Scutta Man
Born 1973, M, from Ocoee, Florida, United StatesScutta Man
Scutta Man was a homie of my homie's but no homie of mine. Code of the streets, honor among thieves, we'd all abide.
Scutta, without honor, obeyed no rules, death on his side.
Rape, steal, kill, commit heinous crimes for less than a dime.
Lacking in morals, no pride nor shame.
Living to cause pain, it was all just a game.
If evil offered celebrity he'd enjoy great fame.
Gleefully victimizing and terrorizing, weak, elderly and lame.
Time served, nothing learned, emerging more of a threat.
Night stalker, sexually offending, Crime Hills' worst yet.
Hurt was his work, putting in overtime on his set.
Karma is alive and we die how we live, that you can bet.
Scutta died doing what he loved, brazenly robbing his neighbors minus concern or respect.
Twenty-Eight years old, he reaped what he sowed, shot dead over a stolen TV set.
Scutta Man
Scutta Man(Cam Rascoe)
Scutta Man
Scutta Man was a homie of my homie's but no homie of mine. Code of the streets, honor among thieves, we'd all abide.
Scutta, without honor, obeyed no rules, death on his side.
Rape, steal, kill, commit heinous crimes for less than a dime.
Lacking in morals, no pride nor shame.
Living to cause pain, it was all just a game.
If evil offered celebrity he'd enjoy great fame.
Gleefully victimizing and terrorizing, weak, elderly and lame.
Time served, nothing learned, emerging more of a threat.
Night stalker, sexually offending, Crime Hills' worst yet.
Hurt was his work, putting in overtime on his set.
Karma is alive and we die how we live, that you can bet.
Scutta died doing what he loved, brazenly robbing his neighbors minus concern or respect.
Twenty-Eight years old, he reaped what he sowed, shot dead over a stolen TV set.
Scutta Man
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Kevin Hughes
10/03/2023Hey Cam,
Loved it before it got the Award...read it again, and wholeheartedly believe it earned that Award! Congrats!
Smiles, Kevin
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Lillian Kazmierczak
10/03/2023Wickedly evil poem...very well written! I always enjoy your writing, Cam! Well-deserved short story star of the day!
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Cam Rascoe
10/03/2023I appreciate that Lillian. I have had the misfortune of knowing too many Sutta Men in my life.
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Shirley Smothers
10/03/2023Love your Poem. In a few words you told an entire history of an evil doer. Unfortunatly there are way to many Scutta's in this world. Enjoyed reading your poem. Congratulations on Short Story Star of the Day!
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Cam Rascoe
10/03/2023Thank you Shirley . Karma is real and we never know when she will come calling. The evil doers should know that their days are coming.
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JD
10/02/2023Wow, that's quite the pic you found to go with this story. you definitely painted quite a picture of your scutta man in both words and image. Unfortunately there are far too many scutta men in the world who hurt a lot of people before they finally reap what they sowed. I wish the reaper, or karma, or a miraculous turnaround would get them much sooner. Thanks for this cautionary tale, Cam. happy short story star of the day.
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Cam Rascoe
10/03/2023Thank you for the honor JD! I pray that cautionary tales like the life of a Sctta Man will help young evil doers to turn over a new leaf.
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Aziz
08/12/2023What a character!
It engulfs all the evil you can think of. Maybe it is the human dark side or the evil thougths that weigh heavily inside everyone. Well done!
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Cam Rascoe
08/15/2023Sadly Aziz, Scutta Man was a real person, and this is a quick, loose review of his short life as a menace to society.
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Shelly Garrod
08/09/2023Well done Cam. Sad thing is there's too many Scuttas in society today.
Blessings Shelly
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Cam Rascoe
08/15/2023Yes Shelly, so very sad how many villains there actually are walking around. I pray their hearts soften before the end up like Scutta Man.
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Kevin Hughes
08/07/2023Loved this Cam,
The Scutta man. Brilliant. I find that among some young folkls (under forty) there is a growing disconnect from living...so many of the folks seem to think that nothing really matters because we are all going to die. Comics think that words don't hurt, Couples think that you can break up via text, and somehow that doesn't hurt as much as breaking up in person. And the Scutta Man is where that thinking leads...no cosequences becasue nothing matters.
Life is a gift. The fact that anyone is here. let alone each of us, is simply stunning. The odds are against us being alive. And each day we can choose how to feel about that day. Sure we all die and go onto what is next, but how many of us forget to live while we are here? Being famous doesn't give your life meaning, the people you affect do. And yourself.
In my life I have learned that the hardest person to love, is yourself, and also the one you are least likely to forgive. So my advice for people headed down Scutta Man Lane would be this: Never say, or treat yourself, any differently than the person you love most in your life, or your best friend. After a while, you will mean something to your self. And then you will begin to love the life you have been given.
Sheesh, old people like to talk don't they? LOL
Smiles, Kevin
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Cam Rascoe
08/15/2023Kevin thank you for those words of wisdom and great advice on how to embrace the living of this life. Yes, my friend society has changed for the worse, lacking in empathy, compassion and concern for others. There are far too many Scutta Men walking the earth minus purpose or love in their hearts.
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