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Flow

by John E. Christ
 
...Hunger, lust, gree, desperation, alcoholic bur, drug 
haze, insanity, incident, allege victim, police, arrest, mug 
shot, finger prints, jail, arraignment, bond, Grand Jury, 
indictment, defense attorney, DA, postponement, defense 
strategy, witnesses, bystanders, experts, liars, jury, trial, 
handcuffs, holding cell, strip, jumpsuit, Blue Bird, transfer 
facility, classification, chain, ID-unit, security guards, 
sergeants, lieutenants, major, assistant warden, warden, 
superiors, overlords, bosses, third world rejects, cripples, 
dropouts, retarded egos, retirees, bored, unemployable, 
unambitious, self-righteous, cell, cellie, Hispanic, ese, Afro- 
American, nigger, white, peckerwood, motherfuckers, 
criminals, rapists, murders, thieves, child molesters, 
druggies, dealers, players, mastubators, homosexuals, 
punks, singers, fighters, gang members, Mexican mafia, La 
Familia, Crips, Bloods, Aryan Brotherhood, independents, 
work assignments, filed, aggie, sun, blisters, dirt, sweat, strip 
search, hands up, mouth open, hands through hair, lift nut 
sack, turn around, bend over, spread cheeks, lift feet, 
showers, necessities, recreation, Scrabble, checkers, chess, 
dominos, weights, basketball, TV, sports, news, movies, soaps, 
laughter, shouting, noise, rack time, lights out, count-time, 
violence, fiths, shanks, stabbings, rapes, riots, gas, 
lockdown, breakfast in bed, silence, vacation, shakedown, 
contraband, paper clip, rubber band, magazines, cheese, 
disciplinary court, 30-30-30, major case, loss of good time, 
reclassification, time, days, weeks, months, years, 
loneliness, heartbreak, eligibility date, set-off, 
disappointment, frustration, anger, acceptance, church, 
chaplain, Bible studies, Voyager, Kairos, Jesus, Allah, 
Sabbath savants, choir, band, personal conflicts, hypocrites, 
heretics, ITP, school, GED, college, OJT, Project Rio, 
SATP, CIP, parole packet, parole attorneys, support letters, 
review, positive votes, Hunstsville, golden gates, release 
parole officer, restrictions, good behavior, zero tolerance, 
ex-convict, no voice, no vote, no hope, no dreams, hunger...