Thursday, November 16, 2006

Off Da Chain!!!

OMG! Forgive me for acting so "Brand New" in a way, but I saw the most interesting sight today on my way to work, A Chain Gang! I always pass a local prison on my way to work in the mornings. Other than the, "Don't Pick up Hitch Hikers" sign, you would have no idea that it was even a prison area.

Sooo... I am sitting at the light waiting to proceed to work, when I notice men on horses, suited with Cowboy Hats, and... yes... Guns! This peeks my interest, so I looked further in the distance and that's when I saw it! The CHAIN GANG! There were about 50 prisoners (in groups of 20) lined up with hoes, (not the one's they had before they entered the facility ;o) - the ones used for farming) manning the fields. They didn't wear stripes, and didn't have any physical chains on them (that I noticed), but they were indeed working hard.

I saw the look in their eyes as they watched us cruising in our cars. It was a certain sadness, that lacked hope. I truly felt the emotions they were conveying. It reminded me of a couple of scenes from the movie, Life. The only difference, was this was real life and it wasn't funny.


The End.

~Sometimesbeingoffdachaingetsyouonthechaingang!~

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