REHABILITATION
Did it work, he smiled,
my ten years behind bars?
Let me answer with a question.
If you put a mad dog in a cage
and poke him with a stick,
deny him room to run
and feed him slops,
abuse him over years
then set him free;
does he leave a better dog
or worse?
Trevor Hewett
jollyweez
"The vilest deeds like poison weeds
Bloom well in prison air:
It is only what is good in Man
That wastes and withers there."
Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol