by redclay | Sep 16, 2022 | Detention Center Writing Contests, Poetry
by Thomas Carlos Felder, Jr.
Poetry, Arlington County Detention Facility/Heard/OAR writing contest, August 2022
They see balance and they want to challenge or damage.
Thy heart <3 wants thy mind can’t percieve,
Bring in this state of pandemic a lot
of people run off envy and greed.
Our children look up to us
To balance their lives,
but from sitting in a 4×6 cell,
They can’t see how much we cry.
A true balance of life metaphoricly speaking
sometimes our heart <3 will die within.
We all miss our kin
Sometimes we have to tell our children,
beautiful lies to keep them happy inside.
Once is all it takes to upsetting thier normal lives,
That’s why it’s a must to have balance of life! 😊
by redclay | Sep 16, 2022 | Creative Writing, Detention Center Writing Contests, Fiction, fiction
What Goes on at the County Jail
by Bullard
Third place winner, Fiction, Arlington County Detention Facility/Heard/OAR writing contest, August 2022
- Where the commissary is the bail
While the frail
Complain that the milk is spoiled
And the bread is way too stale
- Meanwhile,
Mail is also being pass-out like a
Hygiene kit
To all those
I suppose
That is willing to use it
- You see
Everybody knows that a shower
Can devour
Dirt
Along with the help of some soap
It shouldn’t hurt
- And speaking of pain
What about the insane
Thought of having a smelly celly
The type that lies thru his teeth
Even on the tele
One of the reasons why….
- The phone ,ay be hard to use
Especially
Since there are those that want to
Abuse
- From a candle lit
To a fuse
- From a word that curse
To a nice nurse
That’ll come to your aid
With a bottle of Gatorade
- From the county of Dade
All the way to the county jail
Where the “fresh flavor”
Is a savior
Similar to what spinach does for
Popeye the sailor
- From Brutus to Olive Oil
Some may feel as if they’re in
“Hot Water”
And no Im not talking about the kind
That boil
- Good grief!!
- From a deputy to a police chief
- From sweetgreen to sweetleaf
- With this Imma keep it brief
And say to all that red
- Thank-you
And
Have a nice day
- Even if the clouds in the sky are in
50 shades of a darker gray.
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