crime of passion

the inmate won’t eat

because s/he is done

with life & uninterested

in continuing to live in a

world that has condemned

them to imprisonment

&

the warden threatens to

force-feed her/him

because the warden

says he works for the

state that “represents

the people”

&

it is they who have the

right to decide when

this wo/man dies & not

that individual

themselves.