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Poetry and Prose by Russell Wardlow

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Love/Hate Relations

April 1, 2021 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

I love culture
I love language
I hate color
I hate age
I love features-
because I love seeing,
I hate preachers-
I have my reasons,
I embrace teachers
that embrace teaching that they can be taught
I hate positions-
I came from the bottom
I hate English-
mine is never understood
I hate authority-
you do not know me
I hate the police-
you can’t control me,
I hate politicians-
they prey on my people,
they prey on the people
they’re paid to be evil, deceitful, cerebral, and lethal
I hate religion-
I don’t need cathedrals
the prey on the people
they preyed on my people
they pray but mislead you
I love art
I love music
I love dancing
I love bodies-
I love all of its movements
I love movements-
change is influence
change is life
I love plants-
embrace the high
I love wine-
I’m feeling fine
I love relations
but I hate ships-
they enslaved my people

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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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