Blackbird

02Jul08

There was a very large black man in the hospital room I was to share when I was admitted the second time for having a psychotic break, in 1995.  I had been told by a friend from church that I had nothing to worry about going to Georgia Regional that – really… – everything would [...]

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Going 100 m.p.h.

04Feb07

The sheriff’s deputy put me in the back of his cruiser. I was surprised at how little leg room there was. It was fairly uncomfortable, and would have been all the more so had I been handcuffed like a criminal and forced to sit with my arms behind my back. I was kind of intrigued [...]

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