"A Life Thus Far: Fact or Fiction, Flight of Fancy or Memoir?"
From the day he was born he would be struck with spite, terror, hatred, and tragedy...
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"Dont walk away while I'm talking to you" the officer told me.
I responded "I've been in prison 6 months and that's the one thing y'all keep telling me 'just walk away from conflicts' so I'm getting mixed messages here."
For that alone I got 90 days in the hole.
Uncle laughed and agreed, I sat.
As we left the chow hall uncle told me
"My wife does a lot for us, writes letters, makes calls, works to make life in here better, he was honestly thankful"
My cousin is the one who told me it was Kip Kinkel and he's a nice guy. ³/3
I sat there eating the Thanksgiving slop we had 20 minutes to eat. I look upon the faces around me. The uncle doing life to my left, his son serving 14 years to my right, across from me a life I only know as "2 rows forward and 3 mats left" from Sunday Yoga 1/3
I decided to ask the question reserved for this hollmarkday.
"So, what are y'all thankful for?"
"My mom" said my cousin
"Your mom" said my uncle
"Your wife and your mom" said Yoga
I took up to defend the honor of my aunt (I didnt want my family in the hole, but I ok with it) ²/3
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Nana somehow managed to get custody of Sister and Nemo.
How, the world only knows. The list of abuses caused by her upon uncle's and aunts...unfathomable.
Perhaps not as they were done and premeditated. But unspeakable nonetheless.
Unspeakable.
The atmosphere of the room changed and all the nurses left the room.
The topic was now Mother. Nemo knew everyone would nod and agree with whatever the Family’s opinion was.
The Family’s opinion was Nana’s opinion really, but was taboo to say.
‘Red and orange and yellow and green blue and purple too,
I can sing the rainbow, I can sing the rainbow, how about you?’
And with this song, he began to understand.
With this song, he would command the Universe.
With this song and others…
‘Well unless you have her wrapped up outside, I don’t think so' Nana quick to take control of the situation.
The humiliated nurse’s eyes turned upon Nemo.
‘There’s the culprit, where’s his mother?’
‘She’s in a big girl time out' Sister chimed in helpfully.