I Am Tired Of . . .

group poem by women in a detention center

I am tired of waking up for nothing

I am tired of county time

I am tired of this hell hole

I am tired of authority

I am tired of being disrespected

I am tired of asking for things

I am tired of asking and being ignored

I am tired of being belittled

I am tired of the bullshit

I am tired of asking for anything

I am tired of asking for things we

     shouldn't have to be asking for

I am just plain tired of you

I am tired of being treated

     like a chained-up mutt

I am tired of this cell I'm in all day

     and night

I am tired of being unimportant