<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=531116" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Why There's Three Chairs</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The first question<br>You're asked<br>When you arrive is</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What do you declare<br>It's not like customs<br>About what you are carrying</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The guards have other ways<br>For checking for that<br>Without asking</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The guards want to know<br>For your protection<br>And theirs</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What race do you declare<br>What are your gang affiliations<br>Do you need protective custody</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your race decides a lot for you<br>Decides who they'll house you with<br>Determines when</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You'll be locked down<br>Allowed on the Yard<br>If you need an escort</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It all depends <br>On your answer<br>To that first question</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes they'll get around <br>To asking you if you want to harm yourself <br>Or others</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What meds you're on<br>Do you hear voices<br>But above all race matters</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For your protection<br>To minimize the potential <br>Of fights in a two man cell</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The guards try <br>To match you up<br>The best they can</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With someone you can tolerate<br>Locked in a five by nine-foot cell<br>Twenty-two hours a day</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Outside the cells<br>By the guards' station<br>You can see the three chairs</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Behind each chair<br>Bolted to the wall<br>Is a locked metal box</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They all contain identical <br>Hair-cutting supplies<br>Seperate but equal</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The first box is painted black<br>The second box red<br>The third white</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The contents and the corresponding <br>Barber chairs are for Blacks<br>Hispanics/Others and Whites</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And only for Black<br>Hispanic/Other and White<br>Barbers</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Make no mistakes<br>The inmates enforce the rules<br>The unwritten rules</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tom+J.+Mariani">Tom J. Mariani</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=531116" data-title="Why There's Three Chairs de Tom J. Mariani" data-description="The first question You're asked When you arrive is What do you declare It's not like customs About what you are carrying The guards have other ways For checking for that Without asking The guards want to know For your protection And theirs Wha..."></div> </div> </div>

solid border dashed border dotted border double border groove border ridge border inset border outset border no border blue green red purple cyan gold silver black