To a Prison Guard

Wilkes Barre PA

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The only way that you can Feel good about yourself When you go home at night (And oh! What a home that must be!) Is to convince yourself That I am less than human, or That I am not human at all. The only way that I can Safeguard my heart As I languish in this place (And oh! What a place this is!) Is to realize that you have lost something, And to pity you (perhaps) And to pray for you (can I really?) And to understand that in dehumanizing me You have only hurt yourself. ====================== Written while spending two years in “pre-trial detention” for a crime that never occurred.