Aug. 3, 2013

Making Time

by Brandon Green (author's profile)

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*MAKING TIME* 06*29*2013

I DRINK TWO SCOOPS OF INSTANT COLUMBIAN COFFEE A DAY.
ONE AFTER BREAKFAST AND ONE AFTER DINNER. I WILL NEED
EXACTLY THIRTY-THREE SCOOPS TO MAKE ME TO MY PAROLE DATE.
I HAVE FORTY SCOOPS MEASURED OUT.
I EAT FOUR MEALS A DAY. ONE IS A RAMEN NOODLE IN THE
EVENING. FOUR HOURS AFTER DINNER. IN BETWEEN MEALS I EAT
ONE PIECE OF HARD CANDY. I HAVE THE EXACT AMOUNT OF CANDY
TO LAST ME UNTIL THE 16TH OF JULY. MY PAROLE. ILL EVEN
BE ABLE TO SUCK ON ONE AS I LEAVE.
ONE MEAL IS SUPPLEMENTED, DINNER, WITH A JAR OF
INSTANT OATMEAL. AND WHEN MY RAMEN NOODLES RUN OUT,
I HAVE ONE LESS THAN ILL NEED 1 ONLY SIXTEEN WHEN I
NEED SEVENTEEN, ILL JUST HAVE OATMEAL AFTER DINNER.
I HAVE THIRTEEN ENVELOPES. PRISON ENVELOPES. SOME
PEOPLE I NEED TO WRITE TO GIVE MY NEW P.O BOX. AND A
TOTAL OF FIFTEEN MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS I NEED TO
SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO. I MAY JUST LOG ONTO A
COMPUTER AND DEVISE AN ADDRESS CHANGE THROUGH THEIR
WEBSITES.-ILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN SIXTEEN DAYS.
IT IS STILL UP IN THE AIR OF ADULT PROBATION
AND PAROLE WILL APPROVE MY PAROLE ADDRESS. BUT IT
IS VERY PROBABLE THEY WILL. SOMEONE ALREADY PLANS
TO PICK ME UP.
I HAVE A BUNCH OF CELL PHONE NUMBERS AND E-MAIL
ADDRESSES OF PEOPLE THAT WANT ME TO KEEP IN TOUCH.
PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MY WELFARE. PEOPLE WHO
I CAN TALK TO TO EASE THE FREE WORLD STRUGGLE.
GIRLS, WHEN THEY SEE ME, THEY'LL KNOW.
WOMEN HAVE AN INMATE SENSE WHEN IT COMES
TO THESE THINGS. THEY'LL UNDERSTAND THIS MALE HASNT
LOOKED INTO FEMININE EYES FOR TEN YEARS. THEY KNOW.
I AM GOING TO ATTEND "AA" AND "NA", AND ILL SAY:
"HI, MY NAMES BRANDON AND IM AN ALCOHOLIC, ADDICT
AND OVERALL SICK FUCK, AND IVE DONE TEN YEARS IN
PRISON, MOST OF IT SOLITARY, AND I LOVE YOU GUYS."
AND ILL MAKE THEM LAUGH AND WELL WILL SMILE
TOGETHER. I'LL SEE THESE PEOPLE AT GROCERY STORES
AND GAS STATIONS. AND WE WILL JOKE AROUND AS FRIENDS.
PEOPLE WILL CALL ME ON MY CELL PHONE.
I WILL LISTEN TO MUSIC AND WATCH MOVIES.
STEAK AND SHRIMP AND PORKCHOPS WILL DIGEST
INSIDE MY STOMACH AS MY SKIN PEELS FROM A
SUNBURN. IM GONNA CRY WHEN ITS HARD AND LAUGH
WHEN..WHEN I MUS. WHEN...WHENEVER WE CAN. LAUGH.
IM THIRTY YEARS OLD EVERYBODY. BROUGHT BACK
WOMAN IN MILWAUKE, A MAN IN CALIFORNIA, A LADY IN
AMSTERDAM, COMIC IN NEBRASKA, PIANIST AND EX-NUN IN N. CALI..
AND MY DEAR GRANDMA. I DIDNT FORGET YOU GRAM.

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