* note the poem is better if you read skipping the words inside // and (). The words inside is like a riddle and/or adding context.

thanks for reading:

'thug love turned to slavery'

I would have given you my last dollar to set you free
/when you went to jail over a
Razor blade.
Oh &
Remember me telling the cop
Who was asking for ID? /

i was there for you.
i would have fought for you.

/(I know it's politics, but)
you tell lies for her
And won't even tell the truth for me. (SIX)/

I let you fuck when
Whenever you pleased
However you wanted,
i let you handle me.
"Whatchu know bout love? " yeah, remember me?
Three dots you could see;
Even when i cried
i let you do whatever you wanted because
i knew you wouldn't listen to me. (About that.) (sex)

There was nothing I could say to you.
And i wanted you.
But didn't like how you treated me.
i thought there was some way i could get you to see.

i thought maybe it was me.
Not being able to explain clearly. (brain!)

"Enough, enough."
'I only need the cameras to see what I needed them to see.' (CASH!)

but i didnt know what you were doing to me. (washed!)

Years later i pick up the phone to...