Dog Whistle Blues

    "I came into the world bloody while battles raged around me. My “father” was a drunk, and my mother was an inconsiderate bitch who suckled at the tit of addiction and co-dependency. It’s depressing when your first glimpse of the world, and of the ones who brought you into it, is through one eye because the other is blackened...and swollen shut.

    Hank and Ellen Braddock, these are the sterling examples from my childhood. It’s amazing how deeply children trust and believe in their parent’s decisions, and teaching. I think that’s because we’ve not yet learned how cruel the world is. If we could hear all the vitriol around us in the womb, and understand it, at least we’d have a head start on how to deal with this shitty little ball of blue we all call home."