THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

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….