Inmates playing chess from prison cells, Attica Correction Facility, New York, 1972.
Photo by Cornell Capa
WE ARE ALIVE FOR A REASON
Way too young to fight it
But I just thought
Fucking hell,
I can’t take this anymore.
They had
tried to mesmerize
our knowledge of the
World.
We
yielded to the influence and
fell senseless to the ground.
Then, something that came
as a very pleasant surprise
indeed.
We were wide awake.
We are alive on purpose.






