The Jug
Lights out
And back to the cell
In this sterile stentched community
There's a sense, that all is not well
Chemically coshed with citalopram, 20ml
Black mamba, spice or shit faced
Either way there's a dip in seroonin
That needs to be upped and replaced
Foreboding with sense of menace
Being housed on this cat C dorm
Eighteen months of crime and punishment
Of rehabilitation and social reform
Work studies keeps the mass occupied
But in here, it's a law onto itself
A time to reflect on one's misdemeanours
Life viewed, from a bargain basement shelf
Time served now, note the model prisoner
Walking free into what is perceived as the norm
Although the sentence is served in servitude
Your forever known as the one who's got form
Still Judged, labelled and convicted
Invisible shackles wrap up joe publics brain
Fingers point at the former inmate
Life after the jug, is just not the same
Philip Stevens
Tue 22nd Oct 2019 19:39
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