In this cell you are small. Theyve taken your belt and your shoelaces. You break a little. You put your hands over your face so they dont see. They dont listen when you shout for water, Please. Your tongue is so dry it feels too big for your mouth. You dont sleep. Someone behind the door shouts BASTARDS BASTARDS. You think you can see an old man crouched and watching you in that dark corner over there. You try and make spit to drink but you cant. In the morning they give you half a plastic cup of warm water. Across your tongue they drag a cotton bud which they drop into a plastic bag with your name on it. They take your fingerprints, your photograph, and then when you get home, she tells you shes pregnant.
