prison as artform

consider prison an artform of punishment
preventing nothing but proximity to those we love

if torture as persecution induces pain
prison pain is a constant always there
in the synapse of monotony a stasis the reflex
that teaches don't feel anything don't feel

if nature heals why is nature banned ?
if freedom heals why take it away ?

they put prisoners in the wild with means to survive
the ice fields deserts the reaches of space
excluded from our company to make something better
they fell in love with others raised families
you know some of them
never force these into your failures
where even the walls of cathedral temple mosque
imprison by locking out

translate "let us pray" as
let us make freedom together

                                        - by john bart gerald