This is a prison
overrun
with inmates
from all backgrounds
from small towns
with big dreams
where children
are playing
"Marco... Polo"
and running through fields
trimmed
by farmers' goats
and come in when called
to dinner by
their mothers
from all backgorunds
from large cities
with small-time crime
where children
play hoops in the street
one on one
and men sit on stoops
framed by
delivery trucks
and run away when told
to freeze by
police officers
pacing the dusty
courtyard
in search of some
escape from the same
empty prison
we've always known.
Sunday, February 4, 2007
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