"Hello my name is Jim,was jailed at the age of eighteen,

Looking back, the crimes I committed were really mean.

Criminals locked up,don't all come out reformed, 

I came out worst completely deformed !

 

Prison didn't help me correct my ways,

I learnt lessons from veterans that crime pays.

After two years inside serving my time,

I was set free to practice my education in crime,

 

Inside I learnt a lot from criminals who knew the lay of the land,

Willing to chat and pass on what they had learnt first hand.

Connecting with influential criminals while I was inside,

Opened up many criminal opporunities world-wide.

 

I was certainly on the way up the criminal ladder,

But three years on I am back inside feeling sadder.

On leaving the first time I hung round with the wrong crowd,

A lesson to be learnt,wrote this from Strangeways for Write out loud."

 

Regards Jim