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The Island
by Janet Foor
It was late afternoon when Daniel finished his work. Hurriedly, he washed for dinner though he longed to watch the magnificent mango colored sunset linger over the beautiful blue ocean.
Waves crashed on the rocks while he ate his dinner in silence. Lights flickered on the horizon as he listened to the sounds of laughter and traffic echo from across the bay.
Breathing deeply, he remembered the aroma of his mother's cherry pie, warm from the oven. Walking down the grey corridor, he realized he will never taste her pies again as his cell door slammed shut on Alcatraz Island.
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It was late afternoon when Daniel finished his work. Hurriedly, he washed for dinner though he longed to watch the magnificent mango colored sunset linger over the beautiful blue ocean.
Waves crashed on the rocks while he ate his dinner in silence. Lights flickered on the horizon as he listened to the sounds of laughter and traffic echo from across the bay.
Breathing deeply, he remembered the aroma of his mother's cherry pie, warm from the oven. Walking down the grey corridor, he realized he will never taste her pies again as his cell door slammed shut on Alcatraz Island.
Waves crashed on the rocks while he ate his dinner in silence. Lights flickered on the horizon as he listened to the sounds of laughter and traffic echo from across the bay.
Breathing deeply, he remembered the aroma of his mother's cherry pie, warm from the oven. Walking down the grey corridor, he realized he will never taste her pies again as his cell door slammed shut on Alcatraz Island.
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We visited San Francisco several years ago and toured Alcatraz Island at night. I walked into the cell of The Birdman of Alcatraz, sat at the dining tables where the prisoner ate and could see across the bay to San Francisco. As the street lights were coming on, I could hear the sounds of the city. I thought to myself, this is really two prisons. One with bars and guards that kept them prisoner. But also, a prisoner in their minds where they could see and hear what they were missing just a few miles away and know that they were not a part of that world anymore.
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