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County Prisoners Observed on the 11th Floor Cancer Ward
Poet: Mike Wilson
two sad men in blue gowns
armed guards on either side
walk the hospital hallway in shackles
rolling IVs in front of them
their very lives a rap sheet proving
mortality interrupts
every criminal enterprise
each of us sentenced to time served
Mike Wilson’s work has appeared in many magazines, including The Phare, and in Mike’s book, Arranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic. His awards include the League of Minnesota Poets Award, the Maine Poets Society Award, and the Chaffin/Kash Prize of the Kentucky State Poetry Society. He resides in Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
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