{"id":4160,"date":"2023-07-08T14:44:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T18:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=4160"},"modified":"2023-07-08T14:44:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T18:44:23","slug":"poem-skip-to-the-loo-my-darling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/08\/poem-skip-to-the-loo-my-darling\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Skip to the Loo, My Darling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our prisons are filled with people with poorly treated substance use disorders, mental health issues, and the homeless. Prisons and jails are terrible places to deal with these issues. Incarceration is expensive, ineffective, and dehumanizing for those suffering these conditions. Criminalizing health and social conditions has failed miserably. Yet, we are locked into a punishing mindset and infrastructure with a stunningly persistent nonchalance. Thus, this poem:<\/p>\n

Skip to the Loo, My Darling<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In loo of mental health care
\nYou can rot in prison
\nIn loo of substance abuse treatment
\nYou can rot in prison
\nIn loo of securing a place to live
\nYou can rot in prison
\nSkip to the loo, my darling<\/p>\n

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