Best Detainee Poems

Can you remember who you were before the world told you who to be?
reminiscing on elementary, high school, college, was that really me?
they say you live and you learn well I don't necessarily agree...
because until you see the framework of the system you're still a...

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We'd rather put up with the ordeal
Isn't exile a pride?
You cannot judge us,
But merely respect us.

However much we forgive,
We cannot find consolation
Every day, we relive what happened.
Every day.

We still smell the stench of them
They came back many times
Each time, they...
Accused. Humiliated. Taunted. Tortured.
And our innocence...

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I am an enemy combatant house detainee.
Surveillance cameras are placed in my apartment strategically
and a computer chip has been implanted in me surgically
which informs my government of my every locality.
It was decided not to incarcerate me.
I'm more useful working and contributing to the economy.
I've been...

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