By any means of counting,
the number of incarcerated persons in the United States
is TOO LARGE
and the proportion of prisoners with BLACK SKIN
is TOO GREAT
and there is TOO MUCH VIOLENCE and DEATH in our prisons.
and there is TOO MUCH VIOLENCE and DEATH in our prisons.
To the voice of the retired warden of Huntsville Prison
(Texas death chamber) by Averill Curdy
Until wolf-light I will count my sheep,
Adumbrated, uncomedic, as they are.
One is perdu, two, qualm, three
Is sprawl, four, too late,