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Raymond Nichols is an author, artist, family historian, and blogger previously published in THE AMERICAN POETRY ANTHOLOGY, BEST NEW POETS OF 1986, HEARTS ON FIRE(A TREASURY OF POEMS ON LOVE), and THE COLORS OF LIFE.

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Friday, January 10, 2014

Iron bars do not a prison make

Iron bars do not a prison make. 
Nor plaster walls a home. 
I am here with you every night, 
And yet im all alone. 
It takes love to 
Turn these plaster walls 
Into a home. 
Without that, 
We're just 2 people 
Living together 
Alone. 
july 2001 

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