NVN Sunday: WHILE YOU ARE LIGHTING UP ON 4/20, I’M SERVING DECADES IN PRISON FOR SELLING WEED
a found poem by Gordon Gilbert
a found poem
by Gordon Gilbert
after an April 20, 2023 Truthout op-ed written by Edwin Rubis
from a federal prison in the hills of Alabama
Author’s note: Edwin Rubis has served over 24 years of a 40-year sentence in federal prison for a conviction on marijuana charges.
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Editor’s note: April 20, or 4/20 in its calendar denotation, is a holiday celebrated by many weed-smokers both in the United States and around the globe.
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Gordon Gilbert is a poet and playwright living in NYC's west village.
Beautiful poem!
The U.S. still has the most people in prison, more than the next ten nations combined, I believe.
So much for the glory of our so-called democracy, which is fading fast. Open up the gates of our Bastilles!
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