140: Captured Words/Free Thoughts, 20th Anniversary

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Captured Words/Free Thoughts is an annual, non-profit publication packed with art, poetry and prose inspired and written inside US prisons. Every year a group of volunteers records some of the submissions in audio form to share with the world.

An online version of the full magazine (and all previous volumes) is here. If you or someone you know (in prison or out) would like a paper copy, contact me and I'll make sure to send one out (for free). You can reach us by mail at CW/FT, 1201 Larimer St, Suite 3014, Denver, CO, 80204.

Intro: Ben Boyce
"My Freedom Kite," by Monica Petrosian
"What's in a Name?" by Gary K. Farlow
"Pledge of Allegiance," by Gary K. Farlow
"Nana," by Tanya Austin
"Attempting Sobriety," by Dylan Lapointe (DJ)
"To My Trans Brothers (My Incarcerated Word)," by H.L. Tapia 
"Quiet Night," by Anthony Enis
"Prison is not a Depository," by Abdullah Muhammad
"Mr. Box," by Larry N. Stromberg
"Methamphetamine," by Dylan Lapointe (DJ)
"To Imprisonment," by Eric Perez
"A Birthday in Prison," by Keith Pertusio
"Prison World" by Larry N. Stromberg
"Bound," by Christian J. Weaver
"Living are the Dead," by David Neff
"A Better Way," by Todd Broxmeyer
"No," by Eugene "Tsunami” Miller
"The Beast in the Mirror," by David Zenquis
"Incarcerated but Inspired," by David Richardson
"My First Day on Death Row," by Anthony Enis
"Black Boy Dark Child," by Daniel Mopkins
"Can’t Breathe," by Larry N. Stromberg
"Pain," by Shawn Harris
"Lockdown," by Gary K. Farlow
"The Man Not Taken," by Christian Weaver
"Convict Chronicles: An Ode to Time," by Leo Cardez
"Loving a Convict," by Debbie Magee
"Meaningful," by Taveuan Williams
"Finally," by  Manuel G. Sisneros Sr.
"QUO VADIS?" by Troy Brownlow
Outro: Meghan Cosgrove & Ben Boyce
Cover art painting of MLB pitcher Satchel Paige by Warren Worthington

Sestina Godspell
Six months in prison became a theater
Uniforms became just another costume
Not knowing that all of life is a stage
Every man a star to the director
Expectations changed the meaning of dance

Soon this chaotic troupe began to dance
together breathing freedom into theater
Even the gods came to absorb their song
Commitment was fit to wear the costume
guided by the light of the director
All his tender loving care set the stage

A bus transported All actors and stage
where even the law could begin to dance
with shackle and chain requested one director
whose eye was trained on a different theater
Attempting to restrain men in costume
all the while each was singing the same song

Unforgettable Nights echoed their song
Ancestors followed footprints to the stage
where reality wore a different costume
the love of family improved the dance
Never before hade HOME become  theater
except in the heart of our director

Five shows meant oneness with their director
A certain harmony in their song
could be felt in the vibrating theater
Hugging hands joined families on stage
where every soul entered the act of love dance
stripping away Lucifer's green costume

In the next act gone was every costume
Filled with satisfaction our director
coordinated the tear down dance
of this newly formed society's song
echoing in their love of theater
Their hearts will Never leave the magic stage

Empty feels the dance without the old song
and costumes feel