Longview Food Truck Podcast Joseph Collins

Senator Lakum stared at his phone an email open that he was supposed to be reading. He marked it as unread and then closed the application. Bare trees moved lazily by. Winter had stripped all but the pines, of their green splendor, and all that was left, was the scaffolding and the deep green needles. Branches and bark the living skeletons of unwavering giants. He had not been like them, unwavering. A wave of guilt prickled his scalp. He reached for the flask he kept on him. The whiskey inside should have warmed him. The unsureness of the age had turned even the boldest of virtues into liabilities and he was no different. He took another draw off the flask and put it away.


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Gregg County Jail is not a particularly violent place. However, it is still prison with all of its attached cautions and culture. My crime had been one of stupidity. Self-inflicted tragedy, some alcohol, some careless words, a wild punch, and the face of an off duty police officer, this equation can land you in prison for several months.

I wish I could say that I was the victim of circumstance but in the end, we all make our choices, don’t we? Like the choice to abandon any good sense and cast my very existence to the wind. If you are lucky then when the wind settles, the pieces might at least be near each other.

When I was brought into the jail the guards were indifferent. Just men and women getting their job done. I got the typical shakedown. My belongings were taken and stored and I was issued a tan jumpsuit. The orientation was pretty straight forward, do your job, don’t make trouble, and you can be done when your sentence is up. In some ways it was like being at some kind of camp or school except your classmates were criminals.


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Where do I even begin? My name is Joseph Colins. I have been lonely and  seeking for sometime. Now I know that sounds like some kind of week  start to a tinder profile. It is an accurate representation of my life  if you can accurately represent a life in two descriptors.

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