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Level test and i scored a 98%. im very intelligent. and they would not give me a job because i was a convicted felon. i told the lady, i said youre telling me youd rather pay higher taxes than give me a job? youd rather pay higher taxes and build more prisons and more jails than offer me a job and you know im qualified for it? and she told me, sorry, those are the rules. so the system is kind of messed up. i think thats why a lot of people keep coming back. >> though frustrated by the system, co...

So the system is kind of messed up, and i think thats why a lot of people keep coming back. >> though frustrated by the system, collins had found a way to voice her grievances. >> my name is gwendolyn collins. and the poem is "why i write poetry." i dont write poetry for the fame, speaking loud with no shame, the words i spit i claim, its all a part of the game i call life. i consider myself an artist, painting mental pictures in my head. >> we saw collins the slam poet when she gave an imprompt...

And the poem is "why i write poetry." i dont write poetry for the fame, speaking loud with no shame, the words i spit i claim, its all a part of the game i call life. i consider myself an artist, painting mental pictures in my head. >> we saw collins the slam poet when she gave an impromptu performance for the women in her jail dorm. >> and the bible says that god blesses baby and fools. i think god has a sense of humor and is amused, you see, because being in a womens detention center is not al...

When she gave an impromptu performance for the women in her jail dorm. >> in the bible it says god blesses babies and fools, i think that god has a sense of humor because income a womans detention center is not all he has in store me. thats how i began to write poetry. it saved me from arguments and headaches and heartaches. >> and like i like it because i feel that i can express. i can teach. i can motivate others. i feel good when im up there. >> when im on stage and recite im on the mike, i f...

>> though frustrated by the system, collins had found a way to voice her grievances. >> my name is gwendolyn collins. and the poem is "why i write poetry." i dont write poetry for the fame, speaking loud with no shame, the words i spit i claim, its all a part of the game i call life. i consider myself an artist, painting mental pictures in my head. >> we saw collins the slam poet when she gave an impromptu performance for the women in her jail dorm. >> and the bible says that god blesses baby an...

System, collins had found a way to voice her grievances. >> my name is gwendolyn collins. and the poem is "why i write poetry." i dont write poetry for the fame, speaking loud with no shame, the words i spit i claim, its all a part of the game i call life. i consider myself an artist, painting mental pictures in my head. >> we saw collins the slam poet when she gave an impromptu performance for the women in her jail dorm. >> and the bible says that god blesses baby and fools. i think god has a s...

I dont write poetry for the fame, speaking loud with no shame, the words i spit i claim, its all a part of the game i call life. i consider myself an artist, painting mental pictures in my head. >> we saw collins the slam poet when she gave an impromptu performance for the women in her jail dorm. >> and the bible says that god blesses baby and fools. i think god has a sense of humor and is amused, you see, because being in a womens detention center is not all he has in store for me. i guess that...

>> though frustrated by the system, collins had found a way to voice her grievances. >> my name is gwendolyn collins. and the poem is "why i write poetry." i dont write poetry for the fame, speaking loud with no shame, the words i spit i claim, its all a part of the game i call life. i consider myself an artist, painting mental pictures in my head. >> we saw collins the slam poet when she gave an impromptu performance for the women in her jail dorm. >> and the bible says that god blesses baby an...

To voice her grievances. >> my name is gwendolyn collins. and the poem is "why i write poetry." i dont write poetry for the fame, speaking loud with no shame, the words i spit i claim, its all a part of the game i call life. i consider myself an artist, painting mental pictures in my head. >> we saw collins the slam poet when she gave an impromptu performance for the women in her jail dorm. >> and the bible says that god blesses baby and fools. i think god has a sense of humor and is amused, you...

And she told me, im sorry, those are the rules. so the system is kind of messed up, and i think thats why a lot of people keep coming back. >> though frustrated by the system, collins had found a way to voice her grievances. >> my name is gwendolyn collins. and the poem is "why i write poetry." i dont write poetry for the fame, speaking loud with no shame, the words i spit i claim, its all a part of the game i call life. i consider myself an artist, painting mental pictures in my head. >> we saw...