Surrender

Surrender It happened one windy fall day. Now that I look back, I regret ever taking my little brother to town that day. It was the day before election day for the county sheriff and almost everyone was in downtown Ameriland awaiting speeches from the two most popular candidates. Ricky Coward was on first and he was rambling about crime and drug use in our "fine city." I was listening to sheriff Coward's speech when …

…in the door, put me up against the wall and searched me. He found the loaded revolver in my pocket. My mother was crying and my father was cursing as they put handcuffs on me and put me in the car. So here I am now, in a federal penitentiary, just wasting away. How I got into this, I just don't know. That still bewilders me to this day. I'm just thankful nobody got hurt.