Dark Days Page #6

Yesterday, my daughter was born.

I came out.

Before my daughter was out of the hospital,

I was back in jail.

Then I came out five years later...

and stood out, like, two months.

Out of 10 years that I did in jail,

I stood out two months, two weeks.

What happened, when you

was inside, to your daughter?

My daughter? My daughter-

In 1976- '76?

Yeah. In '76 I was doin' time,

and my daughter was raped.

She was five years old.

She was raped.

Her leg was cut off,

her arm was cut off...

and she was burned.

That made me feel f***ed up because I-

You know, part of it, I think, was my fault,

'cause I should have been there

instead of, you know,

being in jail and doing what I was doing-

robbin' and doin' all the things I was doin'.

You know, I wasn't taking care of her.

I went to detox. I needed a break.

Oh, that's what you was.

In detox. -Yeah.

I was f***in' lookin' for you

all over the f***in' place, man.

I was sayin:
"Damn, man.

I hope he didn't go to jail".

No. Mm-mmm.

We had a nice time up there too.

Plus, they changed the menu.

- Oh, yeah?

- A little bit, yeah. There used to be-

My favorite used to be

eggplant for lunch. -Mmm.

Now they don't have it

regularly for lunch.

Now they have that as the chef's special.

Oh, yeah? -So you could

only get that once a week.

How about- The eggplant,

you mean? -Yeah.

- I love that f***in' eggplant.

- That sh*t was great. Yeah.

The first time I was there,

that's the first thing I had.

- I didn't even know what it was.

- You had to get double portions.

Yeah. Yeah. Eggplant Parmesan.

- Oh, man.

- Yeah.

Forget it.

I eat that all f***in' day long.

The first time I was there- You don't

get a chance to choose your stuff.

Get down. Get down! -They just give

you whatever's around until later on.

But when I got there, my first time,

that's the first thing they gave me.

That's my favorite, man.

I said, "This thing looks great.

I'm gonna eat"-

- And I didn't know what it was.

- Yeah.

'Cause I never ate eggplant in my life.

Man, I mean-

I thought it was some weird sh*t,

you know?

If you would tell me eggplant-

"Who the hell eats that sh*t?"

But it was good, and I always

order that every chance I get.

Eh.

I don't know what that is.

I don't like to-

I only eat what I'm familiar with.

See, they got all this other stuff

that I ain't never seen before.

See?

See, this is beef.

Good stuff.

Very, very edible. Very tasty too.

This is one of the safest spots

you can eat from. You know?

'Cause the food is clean.

Plus, it's kosher.

See, once they throw all they food out,

they put it all in one bag.

They don't mix it up, like, with garbage,

coffee grounds, trash or nothin' like that.

It all be clean.

Take a few of everything, man.

And tie the bag back up.

We put it in that box.

- There goes the chocolate.

- Where? Where?

Chocolate.

I got a whole f***in' bag

of doughnuts, man.

Look at that sh*t.

And these are today's doughnuts.

You want one?

Yeah.

- These are good, man.

- They're good. Yeah.

They're f***in' good.

They're my favorite.

- They are good. Yeah.

- Where?

Oh, okay. Thanks.

These motherfuckers is good, man.

All right.

F***in'- A.

I'm gonna eat these motherfuckers.

I'm gonna eat these too.

Get me a container of milk.

- Just in time.

- Maybe two containers of milk.

Phew!

Yo, Brian, that motherf***er stinks, man.

Well, if you'd wash your f***in' ass-

No, if you'd wash

your f***in' ass, man.

Dump it, man. Dump it.

I was in jail and, uh,

it had came on the news...

that two kids had got burnt in a fire-

My two sons. You know.

I regret so many things

I may have done.

I didn't have no right to lose my children.

Sometime I ask...

why it couldn't have been me.

Why couldn't it have been me?

I like that responsibility

of being a mother,

somebody a little one can look up to.

Sendin' 'em off to school.

They get the education they need.

Man.

I miss all those things.

I do.

When they woke me up, man, they had

their guns and everything, you know.

And it's, like, what the f***, you know?

Because it took me time to get ready,

you know, put my shoes on,

'cause I sleep comfortable

in there, all right?

Take my socks off, you know, my jacket.

I wasn't gonna come out here

in my underwear...

with my sh*t hangin' out, you know?

You know what I'm sayin'?

"What, you gonna come out or what?"

Bangin' on the door.

You know what I'm sayin'?

"Hey, take it easy, okay?" You know?

So when that happened,

they saw that I took my time,

and then I came out fully dressed.

And they had their guns.

I was, like, "Hey"-

I went over there to take a piss.

"Hey, where you goin'?" You know?

"Hey, relax, man.

What the f*** is wrong with you?

I'm not against you. You guys are comin'

down here to f*** me up, all right?

Huh? I'm not- I can't do

nothing to you guys because

there's too many of youse, all right?

I'll take you on one on one,

and I'll talk to you.

All right? Nothing about guns,

bats or nothing like that.

I'll talk to you one on one".

They said they

wanted me to clean that sh*t up.

I said, "I ain't cleanin' sh*t up".

I got to move?

F***, I ain't cleaning that sh*t up.

They must be mad.

Take me to jail.

You know what I'm sayin'?

I need a little rest anyway.

I ain't cleaning up that garbage

if I got to move. Sh*t.

That's makin' they job much

easier and sh*t. 'Cause last time-

They was here during the winter.

They said we had to leave.

They said they were gonna do it

in a humane way. They was gonna-

We were gonna sit down at a table.

Gonna be some big wheels from Amtrak

to discuss where we gonna go at.

Last time they was here, they tell me

they don't give a f*** where we go.

We just gotta go and sh*t.

They said they were gonna try to get

us housing or shelter or something else.

I don't know what that something else is.

I don't wanna go to a shelter...

'cause I don't wanna worry

about them stealing my sh*t.

They're gonna steal all my clothes.

They're gonna steal everything I got.

Drugs- It's infected with drugs.

What they should do

is leave us down here.

That's what they should do.

Leave us down here

until they get housing,

and when they get housing,

they ship us out.

But not just take us outta here.

I mean, we're over here,

down here by ourselves, my friend.

Like family, all right?

Now you're gonna break up

the whole family, all right? Huh?

And it's not worth it, man.

It's not fair to us.

I mean, they gotta have something, at least.

If you're gonna construct down here,

okay, put some of us to work, you know?

Huh? Or for us to get something out of it.

Because this has been our home

for over three years- for me.

Imagine all the people

that been down here for 20 years.

I got- I got three words-

I got three word for whoever's

f***in' idea this was, okay?

And it's not "I love you".

It's "Leave us alone".

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