Penal Patterns
He moves from home to jail and home again
Connected to God’s pendulum.
He blames the world
And especially the man.
He swings at random.
He enters lives.
Several babies don’t know him.
He borrows starts.
His mother disowns him.
And he lies.
No commitment that takes time
Ever sticks.
He doesn’t have the-
Time.
It’s done to him.
He believes in God
And in the man
He needs to believe in himself.
Leslie, age 57
