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Barrier Warrior:

Walls for protection
Security division
Free in detention

About This Poem

Last Few Words: Walls keep persons out as well as keep persons in. When does a fortress transform into a prison?

Style/Type: Structured: Eastern

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - polished draft

About the Author

Country/Region: Asia India

Favorite Poets: Rabindranath Tagore, Shakespeare among many more

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weirdelf

weirdelf

7 years 2 months ago

But screws

are always screws.

('screws' Aussie slang for prison guards, same there?)

O

OriginalRhyku

7 years 2 months ago

Weirdelf

good observation, but unfortunately, those inmates with money will enjoy their stay more than those without courtesy of those guarding the gates- I guess that is the same everywhere also.