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INDEX

Poems by D.C. 1 Cricket 2 Origin of the Ashes 3 Interview: Mechanics and sport 5 Recipes 6 Interesting Times 7 Interview with a Reader 9 Poem: Unite! Unite! 10 Crossword 13 Poem by Hatfield 14 Judge's perspective 16 Poems by Hamid 18 Sud.oku 19

EDITORIAL

Here is Issue 15 of Baywatch, Newsletter of inmate writing at MSPC 1 ,2.4. Long Bay.

The end of the year has come quickly and we are hoping to have this out before Christmas, to provide some holiday reading!

This is the third issue this year ..... the magazine is produced when enough material is collected and when there is time in the Education schedule to allow for liaison and production. This seems to be about 3 times a year.

If you like the look of what you have in your hands, please pass on the feedback. Suggestions are also welcome, and of course contributions in the form of writing, puzzles and attwork.

Kit Shepherd Education December 2006

Thanks to all who contributed to this issue, and throughout the year. And special appreciation to Susan Wallace, IT teacher and dedicated co-producer and co·editor. - KS

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POEMS by D.C.

She left me cold, she left my dry, Could not contain a balance, these rivers I cry I asked her why she left that way Riddles unsolved was al she could say She cried and wept at the feel of it all The broken thread form the cliff I did fall I was bounced and bruised as I limped ahead The "I love you baby" no more was I fed I ask myself how it all got to that How a love so strong could knock me flat But I guess when I think about all that' been said -I understand her pain and the thoughts in her head I used and abused the unconditional love That was sent by an angel, sent from above.

* * * I don't really want to be dead But I don't feel like living either Can't live without love Forgot what it's like to kiss her Have problems staying put I see myselfleaving before I even get there Who can save me When we all breathe the same air And bleed the crimson red Sometimes things seem so unfair What was I thinking to nurture a habit So much love my way Why couldn't I seem to grab it A little birdy old me it's hell in here But how could they know I live in hell everyday without any fear The devils' kitchen walking on jelly I swear m minds fucked Or so says the telly Hidden messages floating through the waves Can't see the horizon Through the real and make believe haze But one thing I have seen

· Is the majestic light form our creator He makes me forgive you bahy But the devil says to hate her But I'm tired of the evil one I've seen all he has to offer Now I'm feeling love in all that I see My life has changed. I'm like no other.

Warm Sun The smell of the ocean Other things need not a mention

* * * Sitting here tonight I heard this song Areminder of loved ones in whose arms I belong But instead here I sit, alone in this prison cell A million miles away and in my heart it's hell Knowing what the future holds, knowing which way to tum But this place and the head miles, makes a man's soul yearn So many years inside and I'm never coming back to here So many years wasted all because of that poison gear I want a life beyond these walls I want to wipe them away, never to remember But I have to let the attitude go of No retreat, no surrender

* * * The game is deep, it ain't no game of sega People lying, people crying, behind it all I can feel ya But what you wouldn't do for love and respect People just out for one thing, it takes its effect Some marry for security, just so they're not alone Aud to make sure their kids grow up in a happy home But they're hollow inside, their soulmate evades them It eats at your heart knowing that you've met them But how do you take that step and risk all you've got Knowing that this one could fill that empty spot So you trudge through life and love the one you're with Knowing your soulmate you just might have missed.

CRICKET The Origin of the Ashes Pam Sullivan Welfare

I have always been a lover of sports; as a player, a coach, a referee, a manager, a committee person and a spectator. Although never playing the sport of cricket, except in the backyard or park on social occasions, I have always been an enthusiast of tests and one-day series. So, with this in mind .....

This year I was very fortunate to travel to London and high on my list of "must see" places was LORD'S CRICKET GROUND.

It did not disappoint my expectations. It is everything that the commentators rave on about. I was amazed 'at the feeling of majestic awe as soon as I entered the grounds. It was a feeling that made you realize that it was a privilege to be there.

I was~ one of only 3 Aussies on the 3 hour tour. Our guide was very generous by not always making reference to the fact that England are the current holders of the Ashes (which I did get a ribbing about from other people over there). A visit to the museum (the Ashes were still there), the Pavilion (filled with fantastic photos, paintings and cricket memorabilia), the Long Room (where the opposing cricketers make the long walk to the crease), the visiting players' room (the balcony from where <the players watch the game and where Warney did his famous jig a few years ago). Even had the honour of sitting where the members take up their positions where the cricketers enter and depart the crease. Whilst they do not allow anyone to walk on the oval, I did manage to crouch down and touch the "hallowed" turf.

It was a fantaStic experience and one that will always easily be remembered and treasured as I

watch the Ashes series this year.

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The Origin of the Ashes ~~~~

The Origin of the Ashes

Standing only 4\li inches high and made of pottery, the Ashes urn, displayed in the M.C.C Museum at Lord's Cricket Ground, is th_: most famous trophy in cricke~ if not in all sport.

The story hegins on 29 August 1882 at the Oval where Australia, under the captaincy of W.L. Murdoch, narrowly defeated a strong England team in what remains one of the most dramatic Te$t Matches ever played.

On a rain affected wicket Australia, batting firs~ made only 63 in their first innings to which England replied by scoring 101. In their second innings Australia scored 122 which left England with a target of just 85 runs to win - a mere formality in the rainds of most spectators.

At 3.45 on the afternoon of the second day W.G. Grace and A.N. Hornby strode out to open the batting. All went well initially, 50 coming up for the loss of just two wickets.

Only 35 more runs were needed, a seemingly simple enough task. Suddenly there was a mid·order collapse. England went from 51 for tinee to 66 for five and a few faint hearts began to heat a little faster. Surely the remaining batsmen could make the 19 runs then required? England still had five wickets in hand including that of C.T. Studd, one of the most successful cricketers of that year, held in reserve for a possible and, until that momen~ remote rearguard stand. But then came disaster; A.G. Steel was caught and bowled by F.R. Spofforth for 0, M. Read quickly followed bowled Spofforth for 0, and when A.P. Lucas played on off Spofforth for five the scoreboard showed 75 for eight and the tension among the spectators really began to show. Wisden reported that, during these tense final stages, one spectator died of heart failure and another bit through the handle of his umbrella.

C.T. Studd was now in but did not receive a single ball. He watched as his companion at the other end, W. Barnes was caught off his glove with no addition to the score. 75 for nine. Last man E. Peate, probably the member of the England side with the least pretensions as a second. This left Studd on 0 not out and the England total at 77, seven runs short of their target. Australia had achieved in spectacular manner her first victory in a Test Match in England, a memorable event that had heim witnessed by thousands of bemused spectators not one of whom could have imagined the effect it would have on relations between the two countries for the next IW years.

The 'man of the match' was without doubt the great 'demon bowler' F.R. Spofforth. He took 14 wickets for 90 runs and conceded only one scoring stroke whilst taking four wickets for two runs in his last eleven overs - a spell which included the first Test Match instance of tinee wickets in four balls. His first innings figures of seven for 46 were eclipsed in the second with figures of seven for 44.

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Spofforth and H.F. Boyle; whose own match analysis was a creditable five for 43, had contained magnificently and bowled out. twice in two days, the full might of England. The cricketing public were visibly stunned at the suddenness of the defeat. This first Australian victory on English soil was considered a national calamity and, the following day, an obituary notice appeared in the Sporting Times, which aptly reflected the sentiments of the English supporters.

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Drawings by Arthurell

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MECHANICS AND SPORT An interview with Damien Northey

Kit: You have said you have trouble with spelling, but what are you good at?

Damien: I'm good at being a car mechanic, and also sport. They're similar.

Kit: How do you see the work of a mechanic, and playing sport, as similar?

Damien: They are both about problem solving. With mechanics:you need to know where each piece is, each bolt, plug and wire, and to memorize what is to be done and what revolves around what. You need this to know at what stage you have to put pieces in,

With football, you get a set play, and you memo)ize it. If the play changes, the set play doesn't work and you have to improvise and make a new plan.

If you're a half-back. the team revolves around you. It's like being in the army, where you've got the Captain, Colonel, Lieutenant etc and the troops all report to them and do whaUhey say. As they say: "If the half-back is the General of the team. If the half-back is not firing, the team is not firing". If I was firing, the team gelled, if not, the team broke down .. As half-back your are kicker, you bark orders round the field, you look for who's running off you, who is chasing your kick.

Kit: With the mechanics situation, do you ever need to improvise?

Damien: Yes, if you can't fmd a part, you put a piece in, and hope it doesn't blow up! No, seriously .. .If you know what the bits of engine are for, you can make an engine work. or hold together.

Kit: So if you have an overall knowledge, you can improvise within that?

Damien: Yes, for example, you can change the horse-power, if you know the nigs and nags, you can add something to make more horse-power.

I've always been good at sports. It was my best subject at school. I suppose it's because of the life I had. My family all play: hockey, football, cricket. ... they always have; it's in my blood!

I was in football at the State level, until I got in trouble with drugs. I also played for the region. I used to be able to run 1OOm in 11 seconds. I found peace in sport. And when I lost the goal of going into sport as a professional, I found cars. That gave me a newfound peace. I can pull one apart, put it together, and get it purring like a kitten.

Kit: This conversation is very interesting to me, because with Adult Education there are some interesting ideas about people being good at different things, and they need to be taught differently. In fact a thinker called Howard Gardner carne up with the idea of there being at least 8 intelligences, or ways of approaching learning. As individuals we might be very good in one area, but not so strong in the others. This idea brings hope to a lot of students, because it means that we are all intelligent in some area, it's just a matter of discovering which approach makes it easy to learn for each person.

You obviously have a strong special intelligence to do mechanics and play team sports, and maybe your language skills are not so strong, but you can

--' build on your strengths. You can try to fmd ways to use~~ learning_~x'J with whatevertopic you approach. '/·"•v r'·-f···· ,i Some of the intelligences, by the way, are: language, interpersonal, intrapersonal (self-awareness), logical- mathematical, kinaesthetic, spatial, musical, naturallst (and there must be one for visual artists!)

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RECIPES from Rico Mayo!

SPAGHETTI CARBONARA Serves 2

1/21b spaghetti, cooked and drained 4 tbs butter 1 cup of whipping cream 1/21b cooked ham, chopped into pieces 4 egg yolks 1/3 cup fresh parmesan cheese

In a medium sized saucepan, melt butter and add cream. Simmerover low heat for 15 minutes until cream is slightly reduced. Add ham and simmer for 2 minutes. Stir egg yolks with a fork. Add 2 ibs hot cream to egg yolks. Add egg yolks and cream to remaining hot cream and ham in a saucepan. Toss quickly. Serve immediately with Parmesan cheese. This is absolutely sublime!

MUSHROOM SOUP Serves4

1 tbs butter 1 small onion, fmely chopped 8 medium sized mushrooms, fmely chopped 2 thsflonr 1h cup beef broth 2 tbs uncooked rice

Melt butter in a saucepan. Add onion and allow it to soften. Add mushrooms. Cover with a piece of foil so that foil is touching the mushrooms, and steam over low heat for ten minutes. Remove the foil. Stir in the flour and add the reniaining ingredients. Cover and simmer for twenty minutes. Then serve with buttered bread.

(very good for a meal for dieting and for training)

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Interesting Times byP.H.

I once heard a rather interesting and perplexing curse, apparently of Chinese origin and of seemingly innocuous character. It went like this: "May you live in interesting times". After a period of contemplation, I carne to the conclusion that this was indeed quite a curse. However, it is not for reasons of enlightenment that I relate that particular homily. It carne to me that understanding originates in asking the simplest of questions; that being "Why?'' It is on this path that one encounters the curse of a doubting mind.

Any number of noted thinkers have posed the question with an individual twist. The most eloquent of all I can recall was that uttered by the American physicist, Professor Julius Sumner-Miller. "Why is it so?" became a catch-cry for subsequent generations of inquisitive minds. His own particular calling in life being the physical sciences, he sought to bring sense to observable phenomena. However, the same intensity of questioning and reasoned deduction applied to events of import in our modem societies can provide a path to understanding, which does not necessarily match published 'facts', or the approved version of events.

Asking "Why?" through every step of a process ofinvestigation, in search of any truth behind each and every link in an apparently causal chain, will eventually bring the searcher to the point of having to question some ingrained beliefs. This process can produce uncomfortable and inconvenient results. These beliefs can be identified as matters of faith, of conviction and of indoctrination. Most often neglected as a sound platform for any judgement is that which should be most heavily promoted and freely available, namely EDUCATION.

It is a sad fact of life in our own social democracy that governments of all political persuasions do not tt:adily encourage the electorate in general to question policy decisions. Pronouncements by ministers and senior public servants are often rich with implied threats and dire consequences, should a selected act take place, or not, as the . ' case may be. 'Popular opinion" is often quoted as the basis for such doings, although. whose opinion this truly represents is often questionable. At times like this, asking "Why?" is an apt starting point for seeking the true motives of our august bodies of government. In my experience, it is rare to find that some vested interest is not behind any critical decision orpiece of legislation affecting us all. Philanthropic and humanitarian gestures ate seldom what they seem. All too often, strings appear once the smoke and mirrors are removed.

The regular incidence of major deceptions perpetrated upon a misinformed and unsuspecting· public often demonstrates the calculating nature of vested self-interest. One of the great tragedies in our modem society has been the decline of diversity of opinion in our media, and in all of its forms. Vested interests with agendas to fulfil have concentrated ownership, and therefore control, in far too few hands. As a result the once dissenting elements of public discussion have become muted, almost silent, in the face of cronyism and paid political advertisement. Sadly, questions posed

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A healthy dose of scepticism applied to apparently simple matters, can often assist with. developing an insight into the crux of social issues. When the process of questioning yourself and your beliefs begins, be asSured you should find some interesting answers.

How valuable then is the tool of education? Open societies bear an obligation to their members to provide them with the tools to survive within and understand the processes behind the functions of State. Without these outcomes, we will remain as the fiefdoms of warlords and ultimately as cannon-fodder for their conquests. Don't mention the war, Fawlty!

Don't be fooled, these are interesting times.

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INTERVIEW WITH BEN CLARK. READER

Kit: I notice you come to the library very regularly, and always take a pile of thick books with you; you obviously love reading?!

Ben: Yes, for me, reading is a chance of getting away from reality. I also read for enjoyment .... I read anything: fantasy, science fiction, thrillers, scientific books

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I've never got into poetry, and a book has to be a reasonable siZe for me, so that the author has the space to go into more detail.

So you don't like short and easy books, at all?

No, I like complex long books.

Tell me about how you got so interested in reading? Did youi family or teachers encourage you?

Yes, I began when I was 4 or 5. I read The Stand, by Stephen King ( a long and . complex book) when I was 8.

Isn'the a scary writer?

Yes, but I like his style of writing, and then I realised !enjoyed reading.

Did you read a lot at school, and did it affect your friendships?

Yes, I was. a bookwonn at school, always at the library, but also at the Public Library, where there was a bigger range.

Tell me about Stephen King, since you're a fan of his. I don'tknow him.

· I Jove his style ... he can tum any situation into something dark and scary.

How does he do that?

I've got no idea .. .I like the amount of detail he puts into everything and the depth and complexity of his work.

Do you get to talk to others about Stephen King's books, as he's very popular here. ·

Yes, my father reads them, ·and we sometimes talk about his books.

It strikes me that someone who reads so much might eventually want to write, himself.

Yes I want to write a book. I've tried.several times but I can't find the place to start.

How do you go about it, and is it your autobiography?

I just Put ideas down. No, fiction.

There are no set ways of writing at all...your best teacher is yourself, and studying the work of others that you like. Thanks for the interview, and for making such good use of the library!

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UNITE! UNITE! UNITE! by P.M.

Oh look what they've done _UNITE! UNITE! UNITE! But what will we become UNITE! UNITE! UNITE! No matter what you believe in

. We have all committed sin UNITE! UNITE! UNITE! Come be my sister, come be my brother, you and any. other UNITE! UNITE! UNITE!.

Doesn't matter what they've done Together we shall overcome UNITE! UNITE! UNITE! We can rise and rise and rise We will rise above the lies UNITE! UNITE!UNITE! If we stick together We will make the world better. C'mon now every single one of us

. UNITE! UNITE! UNITE!

Interview about the poem UNITE!

Kit! What was the stimulus for this heartfelt poem?

PM: There was a lock-in for two-days last · week, and on. one of these days in the

cell I was listening to the radio. I'm a big fan of U2 and Bono, and the radio station dedicated their playing time to these bands and such like ... Make Poverty History, stuff about the social factors, the IR laws etc. I've also been reading about Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr, so I got somewhat inspired, and began writing ...

K: So you're interested in the political issues in that music: unfairness and equality?

P: Yes. I haven't always been and sometimes I'm selfish, but other times I think about other people and how hard they're doing it. My interest waxes and wanes.

K: So there's sometimes the will to bring change, and then the big question of HOWtodoso?

P: Yes. I see in gaol a lot of unfairness and inequality and massive frustration in people. The same dynamics exist in the small, everyday things, as in the global things. I have a goal to find other ways of dealing with anger than I have in the

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"' passion to bring change" can't relate to people, it doesn't do you any good" You have to be able to talk

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I feel anger and to let that lead to positive the check-out chick! change.

I'm in here for something stupid, and it P: I need to do that to keep out of trouble. took me coming here to learn about

The news today about G20 in ~how to deal with anger, how to Melbourne .. .I would've loved to be communicate and so on. Now I can see there at the demonstration, shouting and there are many different ways of yelling, but if I got in trouble there, handling difficult interactions. with a criminal record, I wouldn't get away with it. Before I came to gaol my drinking was

.! getting worse for a few years, I could K: What do you think of the demonstration see it. I was a young male, I had my

about G20 meeting? own ideas, I wouldn't listen to anyone" And as the stress got worse and I wasn't

P: That type of thing was ridiculous, the coping, I drank more .... you don't tell violence; not a good way. Some people anyone when you have problems" Your have some beliefs that are stronger in pride wouldn't Jet you. So I couldn't one area, like climate change, and talk to anyone about my struggles.

I others in another area, like unfair trade. It's bad that they can't come together; K: It's terrible for men like that, isn't it:

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difficulties" That's how men are K: How could it be done better? conditioned, to not show their

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. making a plan of action. While groups connected to people. The only outlets are fractured, they lose power. It's the become drugs ll!ld alcohol, the sex old 'divide and conquer' .. while we are industry and sport" ... and those things separated from each other and fight don't bring the sense of security about among ourselves about what is more being able to express feelings and be important, the powers that be get away understood . with it. •

I come across men in gaol a lot, who K: Yes, we see that a lot in society, don't say the same thing, and who long to be

we, with the groupings that are able to express how they think and feel, identified and then oppressed, like and not be judged for it. people with disabilities, women, blacks, the difference social classes, and men It'll be a good day for world peace

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separated from the other ones: ··1 Thankyou for the interview and for the

P: Why don't we learn in school how to poem. Keep reading and writing and relate to people of all types? Reading talking and listening!

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25 Match. before final 126 Tossed 231 Hidden supply 70 Surgical dressing 161 Halt ship (5,2)

26 Sixth .... ninth 128 Snake poison 232 Any 71 Lends a hand to 162 14 line poems

29 Starts golf. .. off 131 Moral principle 233 Cattle disease 73 Panache 163 Oil-exporting

31 Protective 134 Rub out 234 Friends and 77 Shakespearean cartel

sportswear 135 Devonshire tea neighbours King 168 Adjust

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I 69 Fathers 167 Soup server 13 Realise intuitively, 102 Unpleasantly 196 Extra study

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company 198 Use book 38 Harvard's rival .... Firma 217 Louvre part

94 Miniscule 200 Suspension of 40 Liberate 127 Bellow 220College

95 As a gamble, on ... commerce 42 Remove cover 128 Refuse (UN Bill) 221 Rainbow shapes

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101 Merge 202 Speak indistinctly 44 Walkways between 130 Languish 224 Divorce, decree ..

103 M'\iestic 203 Showed off pews 132 Weeded 225 Keenly excited

104 Filled pastries 207 Stumble 45 Celestial 133 Workbench vice

105 Satisfactory 208 Smarting 49 Swell, ...... up 136 Curse

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Feedback from a reader about an article on libraries, in Issue 14

"You don't know what you're missing"

The article had an effect on me, his use of language is mindblowing! I would like to read anything that he writes, and I hope he writes a book! Tell him "thankyou"; his work opened my eyes to the fact that people in gaol have gifts like this. I wish I could write that poetically, magically, beyond. description. If I could, I would give up everything else to write!

My eyes open wide, I can't see I stretch out my arms, there's nothing to hold onto I am spinning around and around, I don't move I am running as fast as I can, I am going nowhere I bounce off the walls, my feet don't leave the ground My wounds are many, you can't see them, They are covered by flesh Hang on a minute, I am trapped in a cage Laying on a bed.

My heart dies a painful death Shedding hope like autumn leaves Every leaf that falls I grow weaker Spring never comes, I am locked Away in my own endless winter I need the sun To melt away the bars, So my heart can flower again.

By Shayne Hatfield

I'LL NEVER LOVE ANYONE THE WAY I LOVE YOU By Rico Mayol

In loving you I have experienced

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.----------'-------------1 The need to be with you And love you. BRAIN TEASERS

Contributed by Duane Williams

l.What goes up and doesn't come down? 2.Who ever makes it doesn't want_it and who

ever wants it gets rid of it, what is it? 3.There's one in every comer and two in every

room, what is it? 4.What runs and has no legs, it has a bed

but does not sleep? 5.What happens when your nose runs and your

feet smell?

It's all here inside me It's you I always think about It's you I always miss And it will always be you, Because you are the one I love.

To.me, love means forever. No one will ever take your place Or know me as you do I'll never love anyone the way I love you.

(To the reader: this is a poem 4 your girlfriend or wife)

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We want them to have self-worth So we destroy their self-worth. We want them to be responsible So we take away all responsibilities. We want them to be part of our community So we isolate them from the community. We want them to be positive and constructive So we degrade them and make them useless. We want them to be non-violent So we put them where there is violence all around tliem. We want them to be kind and loving people So we subject them to hatred and cruelty. We want them to quit being a tough guy So we put them where the tough guy is respected. We want them to quit hanging around with losers So we put all the losers in the state under one roof. We want them to quit exploiting us So we put them where they exploit each other. We want them to take control of their own lives, Own their own problems, and quit being a parasite So we make them totally dependant on us.

Judge Dennis Cballeen In tbe New Zealand journal Stimulus.

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Mate, I do not care about the colour Of the robe in the gallows. It is up to God if he wants To bless every nation We are the people who are divorced from dignity I am going back even after death, to my area And you, Your Honour, if you Kill my body, you can't kill my passion. There is not much difference between hanging and burning And you the Prison Security Officer, Why do you follow me to death? Death has the best meaning and Is the best test You - Officer- are no more than the reader of ink on paper I am going to die for my mates

* * I travelled around the world I couldn't find better than you I searched eveiy single option I find out you are my option Because what I found in you I couldn't find in my trips

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The oceans are big, but your heart is bigger The beaches are blue, but your eyes darker. You make my body confused Even my mind You live in the light and I live in dark comers You are passion. But passion Is my killer.

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BLAME

Don't you remember the kisses under the mulberry tree while the sun set? Do ydu remember when you hugged me while you belonged to another person? Me ... I am your lover When you walked bare-footed all the way toward me You said my kisses in your mouth melt like sugar

You are the one who escaped from your family towards my passion. When you kissed me in the night it increased my guilt I am the one who loved you from my mind and my heart Let's go back to the past to restart our love in _the southern country And go to sleep in my poetry lines all over again.

In the autumn of our lives don't say I'm not wanted anymore. .

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I asked every fortune teller They could not see my sadness

· I asked every healer, They could not heal my pain. I asked western people, even the Arabs, They told me she is my dream.

I am surrounded as a prisoner of love God I know she is my safety

She sends light to the earth Let rivers and oceans witness her She is real love before Humans were created

If I am going to find my place Even my safety Yes she is my country.

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