Unconditional (2012)
“. . mind your own business.
“It was my first day in. I was nearly twenty-three years old. Ole Samurai Joe was in good shape, and I’d need to be for what I was about to come up against. Not that I understood that at the time.
“It was lunch break. If for no other reason, my men, the food is why you don’t ever want to go to prison. That day was green beans out of a tin can that must have sucked all the flavor right out of ’em.”
The boys giggled, but Joe’s expression told them he wasn’t... kidding.
“Mashed potatoes. And I don’t mean your grandma’s mashed potatoes. I’m talking about dried flakes they add watered-down milk to so they can call it mashed potatoes.”
“Eww,” Snuffy said.
Bernard sauntered over. “Whatch y’all talking about?”
“About when Papa Joe was in prison,” Snuffy answered.
I leaned against the Home Depot locker, Billy’s jacket pressed beneath my shoulder.MoreLess
“It was my first day in. I was nearly twenty-three years old. Ole Samurai Joe was in good shape, and I’d need to be for what I was about to come up against. Not that I understood that at the time.
“It was lunch break. If for no other reason, my men, the food is why you don’t ever want to go to prison. That day was green beans out of a tin can that must have sucked all the flavor right out of ’em.”
The boys giggled, but Joe’s expression told them he wasn’t... kidding.
“Mashed potatoes. And I don’t mean your grandma’s mashed potatoes. I’m talking about dried flakes they add watered-down milk to so they can call it mashed potatoes.”
“Eww,” Snuffy said.
Bernard sauntered over. “Whatch y’all talking about?”
“About when Papa Joe was in prison,” Snuffy answered.
I leaned against the Home Depot locker, Billy’s jacket pressed beneath my shoulder.MoreLess
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