criminal. I shouldn’t be here,
because I am not like him.” And
round and round we went.
At a certain point it occurred to
me that every single person in that
cell might be faking it. We were all
decent guys from nice
neighborhoods and good families,
picked up for unpaid parking tickets
and other infractions. We could
have been having a great time
sharing meals, playing cards, and
talking about women and soccer.
But that didn’t happen, because
everyone had adopted this
dangerous pose and nobody talked
because everyone was afraid of who