Family Ties

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As we struggle through these ever pressing times,

We must remain unified on family ties.

Prison equals national oppression and genocide.

Captives, we must invest our time and strive to be our People’s Pride.

 

Supporters must be all the way down for the ride;

We need your organizing power on the outside,

We need your militant protests — peaceful and non-peaceful assemblies– 

In solitary, we work towards social remedies.

 

Who better to fight for our own legitimacy?

Sociology, criminology, students and professors, 

Build networks with the lumpen-proletariat sector.

 

Envision the toddler; she cries for her mama, someone to protect her,

But her mother’s caught in the system, surely this will affect her.

Monsour Owolabi

Monsour Owolabi is an incarcerated writer in Houston, Texas. He spent a combined total of eight years in solitary confinement. His work is part of a collection of prison works aggregated by Zo Media Productions and edited by Stony Brook University Humanities Department staff and students.

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