9 OCTOBER INCARCERATED

LAST WORDS TEXTED TO HIS FAMILY BY A VIETNAMESE MIGRANT

SUFFOCATING ALONG WITH 38 OTHERS

IN THE BACK OF A LOCKED TRUCK PARKED UP IN ESSEX   

DOUBLE THE NUMBER AFTER A FAILED ATTEMPT THE WEEK BEFORE  

IF AT SCHOOL THE SMUGGLERS HAD CHOSEN BIOLOGY INSTEAD OF ECONOMICS  

OXYGEN LEVELS OVER PROFIT LEVELS  

WOULD IT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE?  

IMPOUNDED BY UNITED STATES CUSTOMS OFFICIALS   

13 TONS OF HUMAN HAIR   

SOME OF IT SHORN FROM THE HEADS OF LABOUR CAMP INMATES IN XINJIANG   

IN CHINA THE CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS LOW-RISE   

SLATE-GREY AND NEWLY BUILT   

IN TEXAS  CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ARE CENTRAL TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF COVID-19   

AND LITTLE ELSE          

WISHING WITH ONE BOUND 
WE COULD ALL BE FREE     
YOURS TRULY   
THE NEWS POET