Daniel A. Garcia

L&M Menthol 100s

Daniel A. Garcia

Lisa McKnight was in her late 50’s, did not care for men and was weary of me. Her family stole her disability checks they would smoke and drink 'em up. Her sisters would sell her body for cash or drugs. Lisa would holler that Gloria was in the woods smokin’ crack with that boy! She loved gospel music and had a sweet voice. In the early evenings she would have

visions. She would yell and stomp and throw her things. She would walk HARD down the stairs She would cry that her sisters were making her put rocks up

in

her.

She would try to call the police and staff would run to the medicine closet for Ativan.

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She hated the woman who stayed overnight. On the porch one evening we were alone, she took a drag from her cigarette and told me she got ahold of a steak knife and terrorized the woman who stayed overnight. She knew that woman was fucking with her money. She smiled at me and told me slapping my hand that she never seen a white woman run so fast.

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