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A-merit-cuffs

April 5, 2021 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

since birth I was arrested A-meri-cuffs
but we are divorced A-marry-ka
you do not make me happy A-merry-ka
I don’t neeeeeed you A-merry-ka
but to my Ameri-kinssss
of all colorrrs and shades of skinnnns
related in our different hues, cultures, views and how it all bleeeends
all these values that have arrested my developmeeent
to the many different places as a child I was sent
has shown me how I’m viewed and what that meant
without merit!
and I can’t bear it!
so I won’t parrot!
a life I can’t cherish!
a parish can’t keep my insides from feeling perished!
with onnnly the chase of carrots!
and noooone that I could inherit!
playing the dark cards dealt from sorceress’s tarots
so I’m walking away from this,
because this, is not my dream
this America, is actually, No-merit-cuffs!

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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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