The first and second stanza of this poem was my prison mantra to help maintain my prison face and the necessary demenial stance so important to staying out of the 'hole'.
My first name is Inmate,
My second a number,
And just in case
You don’t remember,
When you tell me
That you really care,
Please check you motives,
If you dare.
I see you for who
You truly be,
Using stale words
To placate me.
The surface fluff
Is your operative tool.
So don’t say you care !
I’m not a fool.
My first name is Inmate,
My second a number…
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Reviews of "To The Prison Case Worker"
Reviewed by terri stidam (Reader)
Reviewed on August 8, 2010
awesome trudy!!!! WE ALL KNOW THE TRUTH!!! unfortunately for you and i we are stuck with the burden of that number for the rest of our lives ~ no matter how successful we become it will always haunt us! love you old lady!!
Reviewed by Kelly Young (Reader)
Reviewed on October 16, 2007
Awesome Trudy, as you know I can relate, I totally love this expression of how it really is in there! I can't wait to read more. Keep it up Sister TTFN
Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on October 14, 2007
Been there done that. Just a fact. I does have a habit of broading your mind, however, if you will but allow that broadening to happen . . . Seems you have . . .
Kind'a hard for a case-worker to really care about a con eh?? I don't know about operative tools but my brother is a prison Psych. and most everything he hears is B.S. I hope you do the 'right' things and that life treats you fairly.
Each person is but a grain of sand resting beside the sea. This thought sets the tone for Jill Eisnaugle’s latest poetry collection, Beside Still Waters.
The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
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