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Updated 19 Apr 2006

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Books:


Where I'm Writing From


Leaving Death Row


Inside My Head

Recent News:
LET TOOKIE LIVE!
Letter From A Condemned Black Man
Part one of an article on Reggie
Part two of an article on Reggie
"Reflections of an Ex-Gang Member" Posted.
Where I'm Writing From published.
New Writing Posted.
"Inside My Head" wins award!
"I am Reggie" Posted
"Inside My Head" now available
"Website goes live!"
"A Date With Death" Posted
"Sabo's Gone" Posted

Selected Reviews:
Gretel DeRuiter, FUMCOG
David Gardner for The Catholic Agitator
Carole McDonnell for www.curledup.com
Julie Falk, Southland Prison News
Realistic Living Review
Beth Peakall, a member of Leicester MM, England

New Writing:
Reflections of an Ex-Gang Member
An Affinity For Angels
Good Night, Boo, Baby
Where Are You Now (For Aunt Marian)
Wanna Go Home
In The Big Yard
For Ameenah
Sad Stories Are Always true
Throw Down
The Prisoners Wives (For Asha Bandele)
Scenes From An Execution
For Mynah
For Shaka Sankofa

Legal Updates:
Mail Tampering
Exhibit H
Exhibit G
Exhibit F
Exhibit E
Exhibit D
Exhibit C
Exhibit B
Exhibit A


In the visiting room a big doofy looking guard
Tells Latonya for the third time
Ms. You gotta hold it down
But she cusses even louder cuz Rodney her Huz'bin
Yet he keeps talking about her--Her!
That bitch.
As if she the one come see his sorry broke ass.
Send him pictures in skimpy red panties.
Mail his papers. Call his Parole Officer.
Feed his hungry kids.
Plus break off a lil'some'n for his lazy ass lawyer
When she get her check.

Latonya jumps up stomps out
And tosses the street car line,
Hating herself for not having her wild exotic looks--
Perhaps a spicy mixture of French and Spanish or Asian.

Since the DOC passed that new rule,
Pretty Boy Playas be getting Jailhouse clean, B.
They line up for flicks.
Click Click Click

Request slips flood the Warden's office
But he tells them look yall gotta be married before I can
Approve a Con-jugal visit.

So dig this:
Dudes putting down those Donald Goines novels
And scoopin' up Arabesque Romances.
They sending in "Bill-me-later" subscriptions
To Bride and Groom Magazine.
Ads to lonely hearts clubs.
And you should see the letters going out.
Strap on overnight wings so they get there fast, yo.

Brotha Kareem Abdullah says he misses no Salat prayers
And Almighty God Allah promised him a beautiful wife
Or (two or three) he already seen one named Jamila
In a dream and he's gonna declare a Holy War if he don't get her.

Up in the creative writing class that used to be empty
The Jailhouse Poets be plagiarizing Kahlil Gibran.
Hector Rivera says he's an original O.G.
From the Latin Kings and points his pen like an uzi
He squeezes off, mujer,
Which is the name of his poem.
Wishing hoping he'd get it published in some magazine.

Tripping Dreaming about striking pure gold like
That lucky ass Homeboy up in Rikers Island
Who'd kicked game so strong
He snatched in/locked down/knocked up
Some gorgeous sexy cutie writer whose pen spat hot flames--
What's her name?
All he know she fine.
The one the Boss of the DOC accused of starting a Revolution.




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Copyright 2002 Reginald S. Lewis. #AY2902, Box 244, Graterford, PA 19426
Duplication of any poem, play, or essay on this site is expressly forbidden unless with the permission and written consent of the author or the work is used for a school course, university, or anti-death penalty or other educational workshops.
Questions, comments, concerns? Contact me directly at reggie@reginaldslewis.org.