Thanks for writing! I finished the transcription for your post. Your love note was so sweet and straight from the heart. Your words made me smile as I read them. Have a wonderful day.
Hello Kelly. Been reading your posts for a long time. There are many inmate blogs on the internet, some more popular than others. Between the Bars strikes a good balance between them. The state of America’s prison system and the captives that fall foul of the law system are laid bare now for the world to read. Some of the conditions and issues bloggers reveal here make conditions in third world countries with despotic rulers look like Club Med. You seem upbeat and clearly determined to negotiate the passage of time with Euro Pop and a touch of ironically placed schadenfreude. It must be difficult in the prison system as an openly gay man. Even though, I suspect, ‘The odds are good, but the goods are odd’ numbers of potential companionship in your favour. I wouldn’t do well in a double or more occupied cell. I don’t play well with others.! Also I’m old and grumpy now. Being once part of Europe, now separated for them via Brexit I hope our divorce will be amicable. In that they can keep their music. I did enjoy Plastic Bertrands rendering of Ca Plane Pour Moi, which was an amusing little ditty I hope you heard. We have been blessed with American music for a while now, and ai much prefer this. Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, who I saw in concert, Earth Wind and Fire etc. Pretty much soul, R&B Rap too. Whenever my kids chide me about my age and preference for rap I remind them the Snoop Dogg etc are all in their middle years too. . I have seen Priscilla Queen of the Desert several times. It was actually a West End show for a while, still might be, it ages well. I take my daughter to London Pride every year. It’s always a good vibe. Pretty much anything happening in London always is, it’s a great city. What cities in your country do you think have a good energy about them? Hope you are well and eluding the virus. Look after yourself. T
Dear Kelly, your favorite catastrophic force of nature, oh my, you make me blush! Well, I guess those people who did have thought of this happening in our lifetimes are either virologists or depressed - seems one is actually more realistic when depressed, a friend who is a psychologist told me once. You wrote that the situation is boring, makes me think of the satire article I read today, how tired people are of corona virus, and that they are looking forward to a new, fresh virus. Ouch. It's true that we really are used to a quicker news cycle than corona is giving us now, and not really an end in sight. Apparently, our statistics are worse right now than USA, well, with what a small country can be great... But we recently got the strong advice to wear masks inside. Mind you, only advice, because "we all are adults in this country". Yes, right. Except, actually, no. Anyways, not gonna bore you more with that, warm greetings, all the best, and stormy greetings, Julia
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Swervo - You're the only one that knows da'Kid is my lil nigga, and when we first me you n the courts, I thought you wasn't into us lil niggaz, feel me?
Parallaxboi - So you about to be all up in the spot? Do your cellie know? Chally Boy?
Swervo - Yo're the first nigga in 15 years that my cellie begged me to tell you about us, but too shy to get at you, so , it looks like nature is doing it's thang already.
Parallaxboi - That sounds like a foursome now, so tell your cellie Young Chally Boy that I said, sup? and I'm cool with letting nature work this out.
da'Kid - He so cute, I wanna see y'all kiss (all 3 LOL) Parallaxboi - Who?
da'Kid - Chally Boy, lets bounce, see you tomorrow, gotta read.
Popz: Yeah, I'll hit chu soooo hard, it will make you swallow one of yo knees (crowd reupts LOL)
daKid: Yo, Plax, whatch this, Hey, Popz, whats your opinion about gay people?
Popz: Aint nobody should have no problem wit no homonosectiona
daKid: a what? Homosexual?
Popz: dats What I said aint it? homonosectionalz (crowd LOL)
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Popz - See, dey peepus just like everybody else
da'Kid - People?
Popz - Yeah, Peepus, correct me again and see what happen, now, I'm sayin, it ain't nobodys bidness, cept fo when folks in da hospital, or the marriage thang, and to be able to have housin and what not, its wrong to be denied, and I grew up understanding what discrimination duzz to peepus, on da inside, so why do we want to make them feel that kind of terrible? Y'all listenin?
(crowd agreeing)
Popz - All hatred come from da same source, Hitler, Bill Conner, Daryl Gates, and Race folks, no difference, I don't allow it around me, now, look at that white boy over there, Yall, now, what kind of foolz would we be to kick his ass out here just cause he white?
Parallaxboi - Real talk,
Popz - Baazactly.
da'Kid - Exactly?
Popz - See, now, Yall Youngstaz is on to somethin, yall don't care bout all that mess, it don't matter to yall until disrespect come to play, yall wit me? (crowd: yes)
Popz - What homonosectional mean you harm? See, Swervo cut everybody hair, because that's his craft, so what is yo craft? Some of all cook, do you only cook for straight peepus? Y'all play sports, and rap and shit, do yo mind if the homonosectionalz think yo flowz is tight? Hell, gay peepus money ain't digital? Oh, okay, I see, Parallaxboi, okay I didn't get that befo, see now you're teachin, y'all gotz ta keep teachin folk, and ain't nothin wrong wit laughin at yourself, and with others, thats how me and Eric survived all this, all these years, teachin, and good energy.
da'Kid - I know you got to go, but you need anything? Can we bring you something next yard? Name it.
Popz - You and Swervo, and all y'all younginz and Parallaxboi, all I need from y'all is baazactly what chall been doing, comin by, checkin in, stayin in dem books, write cho own shit, docuseries your own experience, debate, VENT, create your own version of change, Swervo got you younginz out here all cut up nice, yes, it starts with yo presentation, and being present, that's what I need, it's what we all need, see y'all tomorrow now...
(crowd applauds, universal pound/hugz)
As the crowd slowly drifts away in separate directions, walking chatter...
Parallaxboi: Kid, Swervo, good lookin out, so earlier, on our way out here da'Kid was mentioning something about a threesome between all of us? (dead silence) (LOL) (Swervo look at da'Kid) Swervo - I know you didn't... da'Kid - I ain't told this nigga shit, only about me tho, we cellies, soooo, it's only right, feel me?
After 21 days, Prison Officials allowed for all inmates who tested positive for COVID-19 virus, and who are recovered, and those who continue to test negative, to go out to the prisons exercise yards together.
There is an obvious attempt by all inmates to avoid talking about the deaths, the hospitalized very ill, and alterations cancellations of all programs, as it is simply valuable to see eachother again, feel the sun, and locate laughter.
As Parallaxboi and daKid walk towards the exercise yard, daKid is the first to notice a fast approaching servo, beaming with a smile.
Servo: Y'all with me today, Popz already on one, cant wait for you to meet him.
Paralaxboi: Popz?
daKid: Every prison yard gotta old nigga named Popz, you gon love Popz, He's like an older you, but Waaay funnier.
Swervo: Hey Popz, they finally let us out here after quarantine.
Popz: my man Swerv, Kid, come here youngin give an old fella some dap, you still in them books? Better Be.
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Swervo: Popz, Meet Paralaxboi, He just rolled up here.
Popz: Okaaay, Parallax? Like you already.
daKid: You know what that is?
Popz: If dont nobody else know, you know I do, I was in da wawh.
daKid: You was in the War? What war? You aint never said nothing about no war, and what do . . . .
Popz: The Wawh in da streets in the 1960's & 70's, I was a sniper in the Wawh, we made all Thew News Headlines at that time, "Nego Sniper Negro, Snipers on da Roof.
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Swervo: Oh, is that why the older brother call you sniper?
Popz: Nawh, that's why the white Pigs call me Nigga (everybody LOL)
Popz: Nawhh, but yeah, thats where my name come from, Me and old Eric been in here ever since the Wawh.
daKid: But we never see yall together.
Popz: There he go, Eric, hey Man, dont make me come cross this yard on yo ass now. (Popz and Eric yelling at distance)
Eric: I double dog dare you, hit cho ass in to pacemaker
(crowd LOL)
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Popz: Dont make me come out of retirement, hit cho ass in the back of da head so hard, all these younginz will be able to read your mind scrolling across yo fo-head (crowd LOL)
Eeric: Love you to, good to see you spending time with them youngstzz, need anything you know where I am, alright now . . . .
Popz: We'll catch up, send mine to the worth now, alright now.
Parallaxboi: Saw you square off, there for a minute.
Popz: Year whatch out now youngstz, I been working on a new punch.
Eric: Stop clippers (crowd murmering) Eric looking over at Parallaxboi saying:
Eric: See, they dont know, but I know who you are, Gertrude's yo Mama, now, for Swervo, in the Key of His clippers, like Pac told Danny Boi; "Do yo Thang son." (Chally Boy restarts hair trimmer as Parallaxboi sings, "I wont Complain".
Parallax boi:
I've had some good days I've had some hills to climb I've had some wearing days, and some sleepless nights but You see when I take a look around and, I think things over all of my good days, outwiegh my bad days I wont complain (local Riffing) cause you see He's been good to me He's been so good to me-God's been so good, To Me, When I look around, and I think things over all of My good days, out,weigh my bad days I won't complain.....
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(crowd goes to nuclear applause)
Eric: Popz, you got this?
Popz: Now dont I look good, LOL (crowd LOL, drying tears)
Popz: You see, these are lessons, until somebody kills this fuckin virus, ain't nobody exempt, we got to wash our hands, wear our mask and give each other 6feet, even though Swervo was the cleanest peepus we know'd up in here, he had upparespatory issooooz, and He didn't leave us, He was taken, and now we gotz to hold each other up, Swearvo held us all up, He took pride in keeping are headz right, never charged a cent, and Challyboy's work here proves that we are all eachothers student and teacher. Look at Swervo now, got Whites, Mexicans and Asians, Straights and Gays, and all sortz of Black folk ova here wit da uso's. ( crowd yelling,"you know")
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Popz: Somebody get a card out cho head, pass it round, we all gon sign it and rush it out to His Family, can we do that Chally Boy? Im'ull check in on yall Chally, make sure you alright.
Chally Boy: Thanks Popz, Eric, all yall, its going to take me a minute to get the hang of this....
Parallaxboi: We got you, I got you, all of us.
Popz: ooooh dat Boy sang dat song didnt He?, aint dat sumpin?....
The End.
Parallaxboi-If a Pandemic can reach inside of a "crowded closet", in prison, and force death, then we can go into a "crowded closet," anywhere, and share humanity by spreading love, care, light and life, as we all fly, we still, need, a place to land.
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Been reading your posts for a long time. There are many inmate blogs on the internet, some more popular than others. Between the Bars strikes a good balance between them. The state of America’s prison system and the captives that fall foul of the law system are laid bare now for the world to read. Some of the conditions and issues bloggers reveal here make conditions in third world countries with despotic rulers look like Club Med.
You seem upbeat and clearly determined to negotiate the passage of time with Euro Pop and a touch of ironically placed schadenfreude. It must be difficult in the prison system as an openly gay man. Even though, I suspect, ‘The odds are good, but the goods are odd’ numbers of potential companionship in your favour.
I wouldn’t do well in a double or more occupied cell. I don’t play well with others.! Also I’m old and grumpy now.
Being once part of Europe, now separated for them via Brexit I hope our divorce will be amicable. In that they can keep their music. I did enjoy Plastic Bertrands rendering of Ca Plane Pour Moi, which was an amusing little ditty I hope you heard. We have been blessed with American music for a while now, and ai much prefer this. Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, who I saw in concert, Earth Wind and Fire etc. Pretty much soul, R&B Rap too. Whenever my kids chide me about my age and preference for rap I remind them the Snoop Dogg etc are all in their middle years too. .
I have seen Priscilla Queen of the Desert several times. It was actually a West End show for a while, still might be, it ages well. I take my daughter to London Pride every year. It’s always a good vibe. Pretty much anything happening in London always is, it’s a great city. What cities in your country do you think have a good energy about them?
Hope you are well and eluding the virus. Look after yourself.
T
your favorite catastrophic force of nature, oh my, you make me blush! Well, I guess those people who did have thought of this happening in our lifetimes are either virologists or depressed - seems one is actually more realistic when depressed, a friend who is a psychologist told me once.
You wrote that the situation is boring, makes me think of the satire article I read today, how tired people are of corona virus, and that they are looking forward to a new, fresh virus. Ouch. It's true that we really are used to a quicker news cycle than corona is giving us now, and not really an end in sight.
Apparently, our statistics are worse right now than USA, well, with what a small country can be great... But we recently got the strong advice to wear masks inside. Mind you, only advice, because "we all are adults in this country". Yes, right. Except, actually, no.
Anyways, not gonna bore you more with that, warm greetings, all the best, and stormy greetings, Julia
Parallaxboi - So you about to be all up in the spot? Do your cellie know? Chally Boy?
Swervo - Yo're the first nigga in 15 years that my cellie begged me to tell you about us, but too shy to get at you, so , it looks like nature is doing it's thang already.
Parallaxboi - That sounds like a foursome now, so tell your cellie Young Chally Boy that I said, sup? and I'm cool with letting nature work this out.
da'Kid - He so cute, I wanna see y'all kiss
(all 3 LOL)
Parallaxboi - Who?
da'Kid - Chally Boy, lets bounce, see you tomorrow, gotta read.
daKid: Yo, Plax, whatch this, Hey, Popz, whats your opinion about gay people?
Popz: Aint nobody should have no problem wit no homonosectiona
daKid: a what? Homosexual?
Popz: dats What I said aint it? homonosectionalz (crowd LOL)
7 of 12
Popz - See, dey peepus just like everybody else
da'Kid - People?
Popz - Yeah, Peepus, correct me again and see what happen, now, I'm sayin, it ain't nobodys bidness, cept fo when folks in da hospital, or the marriage thang, and to be able to have housin and what not, its wrong to be denied, and I grew up understanding what discrimination duzz to peepus, on da inside, so why do we want to make them feel that kind of terrible? Y'all listenin?
(crowd agreeing)
Popz - All hatred come from da same source, Hitler, Bill Conner, Daryl Gates, and Race folks, no difference, I don't allow it around me, now, look at that white boy over there, Yall, now, what kind of foolz would we be to kick his ass out here just cause he white?
Parallaxboi - Real talk,
Popz - Baazactly.
da'Kid - Exactly?
Popz - See, now, Yall Youngstaz is on to somethin, yall don't care bout all that mess, it don't matter to yall until disrespect come to play, yall wit me? (crowd: yes)
Popz - What homonosectional mean you harm? See, Swervo cut everybody hair, because that's his craft, so what is yo craft? Some of all cook, do you only cook for straight peepus? Y'all play sports, and rap and shit, do yo mind if the homonosectionalz think yo flowz is tight? Hell, gay peepus money ain't digital? Oh, okay, I see, Parallaxboi, okay I didn't get that befo, see now you're teachin, y'all gotz ta keep teachin folk, and ain't nothin wrong wit laughin at yourself, and with others, thats how me and Eric survived all this, all these years, teachin, and good energy.
da'Kid - I know you got to go, but you need anything? Can we bring you something next yard? Name it.
Popz - You and Swervo, and all y'all younginz and Parallaxboi, all I need from y'all is baazactly what chall been doing, comin by, checkin in, stayin in dem books, write cho own shit, docuseries your own experience, debate, VENT, create your own version of change, Swervo got you younginz out here all cut up nice, yes, it starts with yo presentation, and being present, that's what I need, it's what we all need, see y'all tomorrow now...
(crowd applauds, universal pound/hugz)
As the crowd slowly drifts away in separate directions, walking chatter...
Parallaxboi: Kid, Swervo, good lookin out, so earlier, on our way out here da'Kid was mentioning something about a threesome between all of us?
(dead silence) (LOL)
(Swervo look at da'Kid)
Swervo - I know you didn't...
da'Kid - I ain't told this nigga shit, only about me tho, we cellies, soooo, it's only right, feel me?
No Place To Land (3)
After 21 days, Prison Officials allowed for all inmates who tested positive for COVID-19 virus, and who are recovered, and those who continue to test negative, to go out to the prisons exercise yards together.
There is an obvious attempt by all inmates to avoid talking about the deaths, the hospitalized very ill, and alterations cancellations of all programs, as it is simply valuable to see eachother again, feel the sun, and locate laughter.
As Parallaxboi and daKid walk towards the exercise yard, daKid is the first to notice a fast approaching servo, beaming with a smile.
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No Place to Land
ACT 6.
daKid: (LOL), Here comes your boy crush
Paralaxboi: Swervo, sup. (all 3 universal Pound & Hug)
Servo: Y'all with me today, Popz already on one, cant wait for you to meet him.
Paralaxboi: Popz?
daKid: Every prison yard gotta old nigga named Popz, you gon love Popz, He's like an older you, but Waaay funnier.
Swervo: Hey Popz, they finally let us out here after quarantine.
Popz: my man Swerv, Kid, come here youngin give an old fella some dap, you still in them books? Better Be.
3 of 12
Swervo: Popz, Meet Paralaxboi, He just rolled up here.
Popz: Okaaay, Parallax? Like you already.
daKid: You know what that is?
Popz: If dont nobody else know, you know I do, I was in da wawh.
daKid: You was in the War? What war? You aint never said nothing about no war, and what do . . . .
Popz: The Wawh in da streets in the 1960's & 70's, I was a sniper in the Wawh, we made all Thew News Headlines at that time, "Nego Sniper Negro, Snipers on da Roof.
4 of 12
Swervo: Oh, is that why the older brother call you sniper?
Popz: Nawh, that's why the white Pigs call me Nigga (everybody LOL)
Popz: Nawhh, but yeah, thats where my name come from, Me and old Eric been in here ever since the Wawh.
daKid: But we never see yall together.
Popz: There he go, Eric, hey Man, dont make me come cross this yard on yo ass now. (Popz and Eric yelling at distance)
Eric: I double dog dare you, hit cho ass in to pacemaker
(crowd LOL)
5 of 12
Popz: Dont make me come out of retirement, hit cho ass in the back of da head so hard, all these younginz will be able to read your mind scrolling across yo fo-head (crowd LOL)
Eeric: Love you to, good to see you spending time with them youngstzz, need anything you know where I am, alright now . . . .
Popz: We'll catch up, send mine to the worth now, alright now.
Parallaxboi: Saw you square off, there for a minute.
Popz: Year whatch out now youngstz, I been working on a new punch.
6 of 12
(crowd LOL)
Swervo: What tha Hell?
Eric: Stop clippers
(crowd murmering)
Eric looking over at Parallaxboi saying:
Eric: See, they dont know, but I know who you are, Gertrude's yo Mama, now, for Swervo, in the Key of His clippers, like Pac told Danny Boi; "Do yo Thang son."
(Chally Boy restarts hair trimmer as Parallaxboi sings, "I wont Complain".
Parallax boi:
I've had some good days
I've had some hills to climb
I've had some wearing days, and some sleepless nights
but You see when I take a look around
and, I think things over
all of my good days, outwiegh my bad days
I wont complain
(local Riffing)
cause you see He's been good to me
He's been so good to me-God's been so good, To Me,
When I look around, and I think things over
all of My good days, out,weigh my bad days
I won't complain.....
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(crowd goes to nuclear applause)
Eric: Popz, you got this?
Popz: Now dont I look good, LOL
(crowd LOL, drying tears)
Popz: You see, these are lessons, until somebody kills this fuckin virus, ain't nobody exempt, we got to wash our hands, wear our mask and give each other 6feet, even though Swervo was the cleanest peepus we know'd up in here, he had upparespatory issooooz, and He didn't leave us, He was taken, and now we gotz to hold each other up, Swearvo held us all up, He took pride in keeping are headz right, never charged a cent, and Challyboy's work here proves that we are all eachothers student and teacher. Look at Swervo now, got Whites, Mexicans and Asians, Straights and Gays, and all sortz of Black folk ova here wit da uso's. ( crowd yelling,"you know")
7 of 7
Popz: Somebody get a card out cho head, pass it round, we all gon sign it and rush it out to His Family, can we do that Chally Boy? Im'ull check in on yall Chally, make sure you alright.
Chally Boy: Thanks Popz, Eric, all yall, its going to take me a minute to get the hang of this....
Parallaxboi: We got you, I got you, all of us.
Popz: ooooh dat Boy sang dat song didnt He?, aint dat sumpin?....
The End.
Parallaxboi-If a Pandemic can reach inside of a "crowded closet", in prison, and force death, then we can go into a "crowded closet," anywhere, and share humanity by spreading love, care, light and life, as we all fly, we still, need, a place to land.