"Freedom"

[Marcus Lindberg]

Dear Penelope,

The day I come back after my 6 month shift will be the best day of my life. I promise I'll bring your favorite flowers, and I don't mean the artificial ones they make...I mean favorite lilies. The pancakes you sent were amazing and wonderful, they reminded me of home...something I can't seem to remember now...

Horrible things happen here. Yesterday some of the rather gung-ho guards were beating...no, torturing an inmate. They continued to...enjoy themselves...while the prison begged all the tazing to stop...it was almost as if he were innocent...those guards approached me in an intimidating manner, a captain was with them as well...cheering them on what they did. The captain ordered me to get my stun baton and...You shouldn't have to know this...I'm not proud of what I did but...I had no choice...

I...I...wanna come back to you and have your hair sitting on my lap, I wanna hold you tightly and never let go of you...I just wanna be away from here...anywhere else would be enough...I miss you.

Yours Truly Mike