The Further Tales of Tempest Landry (2015)
“For the first four weeks he was under disciplinary lockdown for having had a fight with a prison guard. After that he simply refused to see me.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Angel,” the admittance officer would say whenever I presented myself at the admissions window.
“Is he on report again?” I’d ask.
“No, sir. Ezzard has turned over a new leaf,” the middle-aged white man told me after six weeks of failed attempts. “Ever since we started up the CVP again…you know, the conjugal visit program, he hasn’t broken... rule one.”
“Oh,” I said, “I see. Well I guess that makes sense.”
“You better believe it, sir. Sex is better than morphine for the kind of pain these men got. Thumpin’ that mattress beats Bible thumpin’ five times out of six.”
— I showed up every Saturday at one p.m. undeterred by Tempest’s refusal to see me. The admittance officer, Hiram Pele, would always say no…until one dark afternoon in March.
“He sent word to bring you down whenever you got here,”MoreLess
“I’m sorry, Mr. Angel,” the admittance officer would say whenever I presented myself at the admissions window.
“Is he on report again?” I’d ask.
“No, sir. Ezzard has turned over a new leaf,” the middle-aged white man told me after six weeks of failed attempts. “Ever since we started up the CVP again…you know, the conjugal visit program, he hasn’t broken... rule one.”
“Oh,” I said, “I see. Well I guess that makes sense.”
“You better believe it, sir. Sex is better than morphine for the kind of pain these men got. Thumpin’ that mattress beats Bible thumpin’ five times out of six.”
— I showed up every Saturday at one p.m. undeterred by Tempest’s refusal to see me. The admittance officer, Hiram Pele, would always say no…until one dark afternoon in March.
“He sent word to bring you down whenever you got here,”MoreLess
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