"No Place Like Home" (National Poetry Month poem-a-day) Day 6
“ No Place Like Home” (Criminal Episode27) Written by Bruce A. Pandolfo 4/6/2017 Early 90's, Neil White, collared for kiting, white collar crime, caught him juggling checks for nearly 800,000 dollars Ritzy lives lost well, its not very hard, still... it isn't easy seeing a father shipped off to Carville Neil gets driven to the Louisiana prison, quiet drive with livid Linda, crimson with derision, Isn't thrilled with visits, early by 45 minutes, When Neil arrives, a guy waves, toothless grinning, he double-takes...something's different zoom-in shot on a gnarled set of mittens, Realizes the welcoming committees' twisted hand is missing digits! Neil asked the guard for identification, the guard says, “that's no inmate, its a patient” Neil gets anxious, angst invades him is this a betrayal of imagination, Who is he locked away with? Is he hallucinating? The condition of his hands indebted to Hanson's dis...