FROM BEYOND THE BARBS, PEERING IN
YOU WON’T SEE WHERE THIS BEGINS
YOU WON’T HEAR THEM
ON A WISTFUL WIND
THE DREAMS & DESIRES
IN DIRE STRAITS FROM THESE MEN
WHO TRY TO FIGHT MISERY,
SEARCHING FOR A PERIOD (IN TIME)
WHEN THEIR SENTENCE WILL END…
WEAVING THROUGH THE GENERAL POPULATION
LIKE CHAIN LINKS THAT BEND…
REACHING FOR THE SURFACE
TO BREAK THROUGH AND BREATHE AGAIN
FROM BENEATH THIN SKIN
OF THE COLD WATER; REVENGE
ON THE MINDS OF MANY
LIVES-A PLENTY LOST FOR THE ENDS…
FRANK-LINS & BENJA-MINS
ITS ALL ON THE MINDS
OF THESE MEN
FROM BEYOND GUARDED PERIMETERS
NO WAY TO COMPREHEND
EXCEPT TO LIVE IT….
& I WOULD NEVER WISH THIS ON MY KIN
OR ANY OTHER LIVING BEING
EITHER ENEMY OR FRIEND.
KIND GESTURES & SMALL COMFORTS
WORTH A HUNDRED BILLION YENS
WHEN COMPARED WITH DEGREDATION
HUMILIATION & PUNISHMENT…
THEY SEE THEIR BROWN SUITED DEMONS
DREAMING THESE MEN -THAT THEY COULD PUMMEL THEM:
PUSHING BUTTONS – FOR NOTHING
& RUBBBING FACE IN SUFFERRING
LAUGHLING AT THE PLIGHT
OF THE FATHERS OF SEVERAL
HUNDRED KIDS –
BURIED UNDER BRICKS AND BARS
FOR JUGGLING DRUG OFFENSE
AND I WONDER
HAS ANYONE EVER PONDERED
ABOUT WHAT DRUG THEM IN—
JUST DRAG THEM IN FRONT OF A JUDGE
AND TWELVE PEERS –FAR FROM FRIENDS & FAMILY
THEN EXPECT THEM TO SIT AROUND
& WAIT FOR TIME TO END…
SITTING INCARCERATED BY AN UNJUST CRIMIINAL SYSTEM
CREATED SYSTEMATICALLY
TO STOP THE BROWN SKIN THESE MEN WALK IN….