Best Institutional Poems

Institutional Jargon

Strait lined jacket, 
A wheelchair line-up peruses the pasty walls
In synchronized fashion
Secured by schedule 
Where the pristine uniform
Clicks heels and strides with purpose 
Adorned the fob with pen in pocket
To check the clock and the parade
Of faceless dozers where faraway tellies drone
Dismissed the saline...

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Cancer is a festering lump,in a family
member's own hopes,A lot of family and
friend's inability to do anything,Seems to
be hindered or bind their hands with an
invisible force of ropes!Why should there
be a cure sought by the proper officials in
charge?Cancer is a money making business,in
this institution,so profitable...

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Florida prisoners should have their institutional work count toward Social Security benefits. 
This policy would recognize their labor's value and provide a safety net upon release, aiding reintegration into society. 

Most inmates engage in various forms of work, contributing to prison operations and gaining skills....

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It's an institutionalized war against a black man,  
Yet we celebrate deceit, glorify the shallow plan,  
Brothers lost in lust, in lies, in shame,  
Building a broken nation, feeding a hollow flame.  

Where are the men, strong and true,  
Who...

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