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it's monday
Guest Writers, Hamza Franklin

IT’S MONDAY

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5 March 2022
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-By Raymond “Hamzah” Franklin

It’s Monday. I know it’s Monday because Monday’s lunch is always hotdogs. And guess what was served today? Shriveled, barely boiled, pink with little hints of green…hotdogs.

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From a Fallen
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FROM A FALLEN

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5 March 2022
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-By Paul Reid

Prison life is a serious thing – not just the circumcision from life, as we know it, but by the boundaries of how the entire family dynamic suffers a massive fracture by an individual’s incarceration.

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Who are you
Tariq MaQbool's Poems

WHO ARE YOU?

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5 March 2022
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I don’t know what love is

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reject
Guest Writers, Santise “San Man” Robinson

DENIED – APPLY AT A LATER DATE

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5 March 2022
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-By Santise “San Man” Robinson

I recently applied for a pardon. But, I wasn’t afforded an opportunity to speak to the decision makers. Let me share with you what I wanted to convey:

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I Rise Still
Guest Writers, Kory “Hussain” McClary

I RISE STILL

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5 March 2022
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-By Kory “Hussain” McClary

Even after all of the transgression and oppression

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I Cry when i sleep
Guest Writers, Kory “Hussain” McClary

I CRY WHEN I SLEEP

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5 March 2022
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-By  Kory ” Hussain” McClary

I didn’t know you can cry in ya’ sleep

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We will breathe again
Guest Writers, Sharif Brocking-Ton-Torres

WE WILL BREATHE AGAIN

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5 March 2022
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-By Sharif Brocking-Ton-Torres

What were my feelings when I saw George Floyd getting murdered?

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I can't breathe
Anthony Peoples, Guest Writers

PLEASE I CAN’T BREATHE! DON’T KILL ME

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5 March 2022
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-By Anthony Peoples

I paused and held my breath as I watched the murder of Mr. George Floyd on my 13 inch television screen.

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Remember the time
Guest Writers, Santise “San Man” Robinson

REMEMBER THE TIME…

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5 March 2022
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-By Robinson “San-man” Santise

Remember when we first met?

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Tariq MaQbool's Poems

DREAM

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5 March 2022
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I live in the fields of your dream…

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