Monday, June 8, 2009

Advice for the New Prisoner

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A cigarette is heaven. If a man wants your ass,
Give it to him. He’ll let you live.

Moaning makes them beat you harder.
Don’t dare to stare at flowers or stars.

If you need to be asleep, imagine you are:
The beds are of cement, quilts of barbed wire.

Keep your feet dry. That vomit is food.
Sing and you’ll be shot.

We don’t know where we are, we have no plan.
Thinking and dreaming and loving shorten your life span.

The guards are everywhere. I could be one too.
Do you trust me? Can I trust you?

The walls are very high.
No one can go over alone.

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