Thursday, October 2, 2014

the wayward child

in high school
they took a few classes
down to the jail house
for a leisurely
tour. to show them
how the criminals
were treated, how
they were locked up
behind bars
like animals in
cages. maybe it was
supposed to be
a deterrent
of sorts, to keep
some wayward child
from going that
way. maybe.
but when a kid
tossed peanuts
through the bars
and onto the floors
of a few cells,
a riot nearly
broke out and that
ended the tour
for that day.

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