Holding Cell #6

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 19:35 -- Bless

Location

United States

It's so funny, my day started out how it normally does.
Didn't find anything strange about it at all.
..........I was just goin 2 work.

A perfect record now tainted with dirt.
An entire career now put on stall.
It's so funny, my day started out how it normally does.

Everything I didn't expect was exactly what it was.
"Did u know u had a warrant out 4 your arrest at all?"
".........I was just goin 2 work!"

They patted me up from my pants 2 my shirt.
Then escorted me down the hall.
It's so funny, my day started out how it normally does.

They said they wouldn't cuff me, just because
this minor detail shouldn't have shown up at all.
...........I was just goin 2 work.

As I sat in the police station, my face with a smirk
they allowed me 2 use my cell 2 make a call.
It's so funny, my day started out how it normally does.

Failure 2 appear in court 2 talk 2 the judge.
Now I definitely can't say I'll never be judged at all.
............I was just goin 2 work.

The other set of cops put cuffs on my hands and it hurt.
Then locked me in the back of the paddywagon so I wouldn't bounce around or fall.
It's so funny, my day started out how it normaly does.

Can't wait til this is over so I can tell my cuz.
"U r NOT gonna believe what I've been through 2day at ALL.....
............I was just goin 2 work!"

So here I stand in front of the "lock-up" clerk.
Wondering if I'll get out 2day, 2 which he says, "Hell naw!!"
It's so funny, my day started out how it normally does.

"Face Forward! Look Straight! Turn Left! Don't Budge!"
Little did he know that THAT day, I hadn't planned on 'movin' at all.
.............I was just goin 2 work!

So in holding cell #6 is where I cry, wait and hurt.
Hours & hours on end just 2 make 1 phone call.
It's so funny, my day started out how it normally does.
.............I was just goin 2 work.

Comments

jwiener

Language is an extremely important element of writing poetry, and the way you use language in this poem is amazing. From how the second line of each stanza sounds similar ("all," "stall," "hall," "call," etc.) to how the lines "it's so funny, my day started out how it normally does" and "......I was just goin 2 work" are repeated throughout the poem, you consistently use language in a way that adds to the story and the enjoyable experience of the reader. The story this poem tells is very compelling, and so are the words you use to tell that story.

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