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  The Fire Inside
 Issue 06 - December 1997

< Dedication
 
< Who Said?
 
< Pros and Cons of Being a Lead Plaintiff
 
< Justice for All?
 
< Editorial: Death Penalty is Dead Wrong
 
< Medical Neglect Kills Minerva Gonzalez
 
< Women Campaign for Better Medical Care
 
< A Nightmare in Chowchilla
 
< Mail Restrictions Raise the Question: What Makes Us Human?
 
< To our Sisters Behind the Walls
 
< The Great Smoke Screen
 
< The Kemba Smith Story and the Injustice of Mandatory Minimum Sentences
 
< Mass Punishment Denies Women Basic Needs
 
      

Who Said?

by Rosie Alfaro, Death Row, CCWF
They say we must die before we multiply,
I say we must keep on living and not digging
the hole for our awaiting killing.

They say that I'm wicked so I must die.
I say I ain't got no ticket to be wicked
so I just titter cause I ain't bitter,
my ticket tells me to keep on ticking till time
takes its tough turn and toll towards tomorrow.

They say I must die cause I'm full of hatred.
I say I'm hanging high, a little hard,
but harmless to even having a harmful
heart that's full of hatred...

They say I must die cause I'm corrupt...
I say I'm not corrupt, crazy, craven a coward
or even cruel... I'm a coy, canny crony,
capable of caring and I won't kick you to the
curb cause I care...

They say I must die cause I'm malignant.
I say "my oh my," I'm not mad, I merely manage
and maintain my mind from all this madness
and mud cause I'm not ma
nant, so I make my
move and move on...

I may be down but I'm not knocked out.
I'll talk my talk and walk my walk.

They say what they want to say.
They do what they want to do.

And me, I keep my head up high,
I won't shed a tear cause I don't fear...

Last updated January 6, 2004 12:31 PM



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