My poem “The Urge to Kill” is inspired and based on “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Tellez, which features an internal conflict about justice, choosing between ‘murderer or hero’. In the exposition, a captain of the rangers comes to a barber shop, requesting a shave. The central conflict of this short story is between the barber, the protagonist, and his own conscience, man vs. himself. As a secret revolutionary, the barber struggles to decide whether to kill or spare the antagonist, Captain Torres, a well-known executioner of rebels. Even though he wants to kill the ranger for capturing his comrades, he feels guilty because all this person wants here is a clean shave. My poem reveals the protagonist’s fear and hatred for the captain, with his inner thoughts describing his desire to avenge his friends with blood. However, in the resolution, he ends up just shaving Torres’s beard perfectly, sparing the ranger’s life, who shares he knows the barber’s secret identity. The poem describes the inner emotion of the protagonist as he decides the fate of the captain. The illustration of a bloody razor symbolizes the barber’s intention of killing Captain Torres and captures the violent thoughts and ‘urge to kill’ an enemy/innocent man.