Six Months Later

"Huuuh-huh-huh-huuuh, huh huh huh."

Ten more minutes. I just had to keep my shit for ten more minutes, then I'd be out of here.

"Huuuh-huh-huh-huuuh, huh huh huh."

My cellmate Co, who lay on the bottom bunk with headphones drilled to his ears the last few months he'd been here, slapped his chest and stomach for a drumbeat while he sang along.

Nine minutes and forty-five seconds, then I'd get to see the sun, ...