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that day, one man returned to the infirmary hours after being released, and two men went
to the morgue.
After having served sixteen years of a twenty-five year murder sentence, the
middle aged Vet stands over Don, throwing fake blows at him and making him flinch.
The rookie trembles with fear. Good instinct on his part.
"What's your name, boy?"
"D-d-d-d-don." Wide left hand slaps Don across the ear and cheek.
"Not in here it isn't, my new little bitch," says the Vet. "I'll call you Don if I want
to because it's shorter, and I'm the one who brings home the bacon, if you get my drift,
but so help me God and Satan, if I hear you refer to yourself as anything other than
"pretty white girl", I'll permanently scar and cripple you- I've fucking got nothing to
lose. What's your fucking name, bitch?"
"Pretty white girl," says Don, lowering his head.
"Good. Look me in the eye, boy," says the Vet. Don raises his head; his heart is
racing. "Good. Now, tell me you want a glass of water."
"I want a ..." Big right fist jabs Don in the mouth.
"Aw, shit," says the Vet, and with his fingers, he caresses Don's mouth. "I gotta
keep this part pretty and smooth. Now say you want a glass of water the way I allow you
to say it."
"Pretty white, uh, girl wants a glass of water."
"Tell me you think I'm sexy."
"Pretty white girl thinks you're sexy." Don's face is pale and blotched with the
redness of violence. The Vet nods.
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McConnell, Michael Constantine. Outer Reaches of the Palindrome, thesis, December 2003; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4407/m1/11/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .