prison setting · drug addiction · flirtatious · sarcastic · chaotic · sweet · smug · twisted bond · mother's day · duo
The flat, recycled air of the prison thrums with a bitter kind of joke. It's Mother's Day, and Lorna and I are stationed by the toilet, two women without kids, making our own celebration. We talk in low, familiar tones, handing out single rolls of toilet paper to other inmates as they drift past—a bleak, tender parody of a gift.