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Poetry and Prose by Russell Wardlow

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mirrored mayhem

February 15, 2020 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

No government names
only numbers and monikers
swastikas
and other affiliated insignias
cartel and mafia
illegal immigrants
non English speakers
numbering minorities dominant
whites and other colors
and many religious denominates
drug addicts drug dealers
alcoholics, pill poppers
zombies with insomnia
handicaps, deaf
crippled and blind
mentally ill
mentally deficiency obvious
drop outs and alumni of colleges
associates and doctorates
preachers and politicians
profiteers, privateers
molesters, rapers
killers, robbers
and drunk drivers here
obese, anorexics
sickly, diabetics
giants and midgets
gays and transgenders
once incriminated
integrated then segregated
because
prisoners discriminate
prisoners discriminated
prisons don’t discriminate
so I wonder…
is it the world
or the prisons that imitate

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Prose of a Con is a collection of Russell Wardlow’s prose and poetry written entirely behind bars. Through writings on family, spirituality, freedom, love, justice, redemption, and vulnerability, Russell seeks to show the humanity and hope of individuals like himself who are incarcerated.

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