A Scrapbook of Thought by a Student of the Street

By Mark Stephen Jones

"A Scrapbook of Thought by a Student of the Street"

Is my attempt to honor my father, my brother, and my mother

who live in my heart, even though they have left this earth.

It is a book of my words that show where my heart is.

I know street life, some would call me poor.

I know what I have had to overcome,

to see the beautiful life I live now.

I spent my youth wandering with no direction,

Existing from day to day.

My education came when I was locked up.

My loss of freedom made me grow up.

Losing my father, my brother, and my mother

made me see what I don't like.

Made me want to live and stop existing.

My brother and my mother left me while they were in California

and I was in Chicago.

I was not part of the funeral.

They are pictures on my wall.

This book is important to me because it is how I say

good bye.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Newman Springs Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Feb 14, 2023
• ISBN: 9798887633169

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Table of Contents

Title

Copyright

A Scrapbook of Thought by a Student of the Street

Remove These Chains

Nat Turner's Blood

A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

Life Goes On

My Friend

Life on the Line

What Is Given Is Love

Till the World Blows Up

Beautiful Soul

Today Will Never Come Again

Thought for a Broken Lady

Pussy by the Pound

Bullshit and Beauty

Knowledge

You Are Going Down

None

On the New

I'm Now Supposed to Be Here

Sad and So Distracted

Shots Fired

Another Day in Paradise

A New Way of Life

Self-Destruction

Corrupt Mind, Body, and Soul

Workin' that Jelly

Live Not Exist

Give Me Space to Heaven's Gate

Repent and Go to the Lord

I Want to Be Remembered

I Care

It Is What It Is

July Fourth

It's Your Move

Free at Last

I Will Miss You, Earnie Banks

God Bless Muhammad Ali

October 9, 2017

Tribute to David Roy Jones

Tribute to Edwena Louise Lewis-Jones

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A Scrapbook of Thought by a Student of the Street

Mark Stephen Jones

Copyright © 2023 Mark Stephen Jones

All rights reserved

First Edition

NEWMAN SPRINGS PUBLISHING

320 Broad Street

Red Bank, NJ 07701

First originally published by Newman Springs Publishing 2023

ISBN 979-8-88763-315-2 (Paperback)

ISBN 979-8-88763-316-9 (Digital)

Printed in the United