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These Doors Haunt Me

April 3, 2021 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

prison is so. damn. traumatizing!
I mean the sounds are so blunt, sharp, and sudden
booming sounds that echo like a taunting monstrous chuckle
it’s like when they made the door locks, some genius said
let’s make the locking and unlocking mechanism sound like
a high powered rifle, handgun, or canon
being loaded, cocked, and shooting or blasting off!
boom! bang! click! clack! pop! squeeeeaakkk!
the sudden and blunt sounds make me jump inside,
I hate it with a passion!
then being in a unit condensed in such a way that all the sound effects are amplified
ricocheting off the walls,
catching all the thunderous loud laughter, chatter, and music and reverberating it back at you like a punch in the face
I can’t nap
can hardly hear the phone
and I’m so fucking edgy that…ahhhh,Bang!
(door closed)

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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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