named Ike, doing a ten year stint

African but the man was chatty and liked to tell stories especially about life in Africa.

cker because he had a few pictures of his house

s wondered what drove a quiet guy like him int

ffered Frank

ondered. His accent gave him

referring to a pair of wooden eff

cantations to them, mumbling something in his African

began and went on to expla

w come U.S Customs was able t

I forgot to place them in

led with them..."Frank ask

single

ere never

ia for the U.S I had at least five kilograms o

of wooden carvings. They looked abstract, like work you might find at a moder

about a lot of things and considerin

happened if you had these th

y a strict Catholic mother. He never missed Church service on any Sunday. He would dr

d black magic. But that, was neither here nor there. At his sweethearts behest he'd done a palm reading and the owner of the pa

gic to enrich himself, albeit he'd ended up badly. Frank was sure now he wanted to try something else. Everything he had done u

nder..."

hrough the road block and no one

lieve you..

xpect you to, Mr. Frank. You're a

ring comes up

h you

Mr. Frank...I wil

here was this confidence coming from,

asses, who had more of an inclination to keep prisoners in jail

unded and the doors wer

the command and began to march i

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ressed up. Shirt and pants pressed neatly, he looked almost

e good. All the inmates that had gone before the board during his time here had all been turned down and rejected. They all talked of a certain woman named Mar

quietly like a man in quiet

a voice came from

ence. "...its time

, baton in hand looking in his usua

gly, African ass,

zzed open and I

y...when last you showered?

l open one time with that stick and through the grapevine, the inmates learned there had been an inquiry. They

preferred warmer weather, the chill made life look m

t of the complex on the other side of the open fie

nd him keeping a safe distance. Even though the prisoner was authorized to be in this area at the moment, he could still be shot under certain c

ur men and a woman. Ike knew immed

over some papers with an intense look on her face.

ingle chair in front of the

em, an elderly bald man, that

an seated in front of her. She regarded him the same way a biolo

illiams...

w you're ready to rejoin the larger society, how

it a pipe, sucked needily and blew ou

in the ear of the woman and

n. We are not thoroughly convinced that you are now a truly changed individual

sed on that, we are going to give you a chance, a trial. We must also in the same vein warn you, if you for any