whilst engrossed
in the willful and unlawful
homicide
of a human being
(to wit, one _____________),
the defendant
did knowingly
know

No, no... You got it all wrong, man.
I mean,
when you're in the process
of killing someone,
the last thing
you want
is for someone else
to show up,
reciting prose
chopped up
into
odd
little lines...

whilst engrossed
in the willful
and
unlawful
recitation

of poetry

you got it
all wrong.