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Sound of Lockdown

Sticks and stones, they break bones
but words hurt me too.

Those words to hurt me
Those words to scare me
The prison of hurt words that tie me
and bind me
to a shunnin’
to a runnin’
Sound of lockdown
death

Self-hate filled
hating you “my people”,
fearing you “my people”
who’s “my people”?
what “my people”?
Sound of lockdown
disconnect

Disconnected
dry tears
violent tears

Self-hate filled
hating me “my people”,
fearing me “my people”
who’s me “my people”?
what me “my people”?
Sound of lockdown
disconnect

Detention
prison of sound
waves
to hurt
to scare
remote controlled
violence
disconnection
death

Sticks and stones, they break bones
but words hurt me too.

© Marcus Stringer, 2006