YOU CAN ARISE WHENEVER YOU CARE TO THAT'S ONE REASON I AM JEALOUS OF YOU FOR BREAKFAST YOU CAN EAT WHATEVER YOU PICK OUT ALAS, AS FOR MY FIRST MEAL THERE IS NOT EVEN A DOUBT
I KNOW PRECISELY WHAT WILL BE ON MY METAL TRAY EXCEPT SOMETIMES IT'S MILK OR O.J. TO BEGIN THE DAY YOUR PANTRY IS FULL OF SUSTINANCE I DON'T EVEN RECALL AS I USE AN OLD FILTHY AND FADED TEE SHIRT AS A SHAWL
YOUR LUNCH TIME MIGHT BE AT THAT LITTLE TAVERN WE KNOW BUT NOW MY LUNCH TIME IS DELIVERED ROW BY ROW THAT COZY TAVERN MEANT A LOT TO ME AND SO DID MY BEING FREE
BUT POWDER AND PAIN BROUGHT ME HERE AND HERE I WILL STAY YEAR AFTER YEAR I RECEIVE CENSORED LETTERS IN MY PERSONAL MAIL THE ONES THEY ALLOW ME TO READ HERE IN JAIL (C) 2011.....free cee!
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Posted: Jan 2011
About this poem:
THE TRUTH IS, MANY YEARS AGO, I ONLY SPENT THREE DAYS IN JAIL, BUT AS I WALKED OUT I WONDERED ABOUT THE CONVICTS I MET AND NOW TOO MANY YEARS LATER I CHOSE TO WRITE ABOUT IT