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Poetry and Prose by Russell Wardlow

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Compiled Compliance

November 19, 2020 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

You want me to be myself

but more like you,

more in the way that you see fit.

We want people to be individuals

then punish them for their individuality.

You really want them to be,

think

and feel

like you

but autonomous individuality,

always has a recklessness to it.

It either offends,

scares

or empowers the wrong people

before considering what it may do for you.

Free will

is a promise

and an illusion

that people will kill for

have killed for

whether that killing,

is actually for it

or to keep people from it

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Prose of a Con

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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