It's simpler here.
"In jail? How is it simpler in jail?"
I don't have to do so much. There's a lot of food. There's a bed. There's someone to wake me up, and tell me when to go to school. I don't have to so much---stuff. It's complicated on the outside.
"When you're not in jail, what do you do?"
I have to get myself something to eat. Lots of times, I could go to my auntie's and she would give me something to eat, but that was at night.
"What about school?"
I didn't know how to get signed up. When it was time to sign up, my mom was gone.
"Gone?"
She went somewhere with her boyfriend. I ain't sayin' I'm always where I outta be. But at least here, there's like, you know....the same stuff, every day. Someone always tells me what to do next. I sleep better here, too.
"A routine. You mean a routine? What it sounds like you're saying is, you have to figure out everything on your own on the outside."
Yeah.
"Are you telling me you sleep better in jail?"
I don't have to think so much. Stuff happens the way I expect most days. I don't worry so much.
"Is there anything else you want me to know about you? Anything else I should know?"
"Is there anything else you want me to know about you? Anything else I should know?"
Ummm....I can't think of anything. Wait - also, they got me glasses here. And I got to see a dentist.
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Wow.
ReplyDeleteIts so true!! I've heard the same story plenty of times! What about a GED and a College degree as well?!! Life is better for some!
ReplyDeleteInteresting - I believe it.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope "mom" doesn't have any more kids with her "boyfriend"-
ReplyDeleteI'm a high school teacher...I hear the same thing all the time. Sad...
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