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Hyperbole

November 27, 2021 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

I’m a hostile hostage
pay homage
to the home of my homicide-
a homogenous hostel hosted by
honorless hypercritical hypocritical heathens of hierarchy

the harbingers of hate, horror, and hollow hearts

harm’s haven, no halo’s here

honing in on my housing, and its harassment of heirlooms:

heedless histrionics
hermetical heretics
hapless hedonistic hiatuses, yet hunger uninhibited
habitat of habitual hazing, hollering, and hate-filled hazards
horizons hindered and hidden
haughty hides, hybrids alike-Jekyl-Hydes
hoards of hoaxes
humor and hue holocausts
herculean hubris
high horses hobbled and humbled
hoodlums hoopla hooligans hopelessness hoodoo hustles hype and hoodwinks
heinous hypocrisies and hogwash
horrified herbivores amidst hungry hungry hippos
humiliation humility holism and holies with hypertension
inside this inhumane housing
hysterical heaps of hurt
shhhh, no Sherlock Holmes here
just holes, holds and heterogeneous hoods
upholstering honor-rolled heterodoxies-anarchy!
no Heroes here, only hours honing in on the horoscopes of homeless homies

Hide!

Help!

‘Tis Heaven’s Hell

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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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