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Level test and i scored a 98%. i'm very intelligent. and they would not give me a job because i was a convicted felon. i told the lady, i said you're telling me you'd rather pay higher taxes than give me a job? you'd rather pay higher taxes and build more prisons and more jails than offer me a job and you know i'm qualified for it? and she told me, sorry, those are the rules. so the system is kind of messed up. i think that's why a lot of people keep coming back. >> though frustrated by the system, collins found a way to voice her grievances. >> okay. my name is gwen collins. the poem is why i...

So the system is kind of messed up, and i think that's 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 don't write poetry for the fame, speaking loud with no shame, the words i spit i claim, it's 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 foo...

And the poem is "why i write poetry." i don't write poetry for the fame, speaking loud with no shame, the words i spit i claim, it's 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 women's detention center is not all he has in store for me. i guess that's how i started to write poetry. it saved me from argument...

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 woman's detention center is not all he has in store me. that's 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 i'm up there. >> when i'm on stage and recite i'm on the mike, i feel free. there is no boundaries. living a life of crime is nothing but misery. i had nice cars...

>> 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 don't write poetry for the fame, speaking loud with no shame, the words i spit i claim, it's 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 women's deten...