Читать книгу {#289-128} - Randall Horton - Страница 9
Оглавление: ANIMALS
The only thing less than a nigga is a prisoner.
—Rojai Fentress, August Correctional Center
a heatwave envelops the mid-atlantic
abnormal like the notion of prison
outside an unrelenting centigrade
oven bakes the male housing unit—
cells are jam-packed with the guilty
who pled out though very innocent
7 sounded better than 25 straight
for more than a few consecutive days
there is a spell cast over the complex
a 5” fan oscillates the aroma of piss
from the toilet bowl & it’s jungle-like
where grown men & young boys blend
each inmate’s sadness compounded—
no shade nowhere to hide & running
will get that ass shot at the razor fence
dangling in blood so you sit—suffer
while asking is this how the story ends?
