Parchman Prison Writing, Sunday Verses

Mississippi Prison Writes Initiative #5 of 11, published in the book Unit 29

PRISON THOUGHTS AT NIGHT, by Larry Jenkins

1)

‘A Darken hour’

Heartbroken all to pieces

a hole so dark and deep

snakes and scorpions at my feet

Shoulder to Shoulder with the beasts

night mares and screams deprive my sleep

reach out my hands to no avail

Die you worthless scum

burn in hell

I’ll never see the light again, oh well

2)

“Why Smile”

Why smile I rather frown

Friends haven’t wrote in a while

She says she was down

She lied

for me; she has no love

look me in my face

my heart is broken

see my soul through my weary eyes

without purpose my face constructs a mug

can I be free as a dove?

foot on my neck daily

is it really correctional activity?

nah I think the really hate me

Why smile

my mother’s hug

love you son you’re everything

keep your head up miss you very much