KNOWING WHEN TO SHUT UP

[Donovan]

Mine was more than babysitting, pop strongarmed my mother for custody then basically left us to our own devices for days at a time. We lived in roach motels and hooker havens in every state west of the Mississippi and dined on only the finest packaged ramen noodles our meager funds could buy. Sallie used to joke about me digging in the couch to find money for food, but that was pretty much the size of it. Except they don't have couches in roach motels so usually it was change left on countertops or in pants pockets, whatever I could hoard.