My name is Maricela Rueda; Folks call me Mari, and I am a Prairieland defendant being held in Johnson County Jail in segregated housing. I’m going to do a poem that is most often performed as a song, but it is about Johnson County Sheriff Adam King being arrested and charged in his own county. It’s called “Rot Starts at the Top.”
Rot starts at the top.
Something stinks,
Smells like s**t
Coming from Johnson County.
Must be the prison guard walking.
Something reeks like flesh rotting.
All these bad attitudes,
Ugly looks like,
“What the hell is wrong with you?”
Rot starts at the top.
King’s crown falling don’t mean s**t.
That’s not the end of it.
Take a look around these sundown towns,
Money for uniforms while education gets kicked.
Money for corruption while healthcare is stripped.
Money for their world that is so, so sick
Putrid smells like s**t.
Rotten bad apples topple all of it.
We don’t need no sheriff.
Take back that salary.
We need food and housing.
Something stinks in these damned Texas counties.
These commentaries are recorded by Prison Radio.
