![]() ![]() It was like his nerves were poking out three inches from his skin. When I touched him, he yelped like crazy. He was lying on his bed with red, watery, snotty eyes. I tried to give him some water, but he didnt want any of that. I mean, it was a crazy-hot July day (102 degrees with 90 percent humidity), and plenty of people were falling over from heat exhaustion, so why not a little dog wearing a fur coat? ![]() Last week, my best friend, Oscar, got really sick.Īt first, I thought he just had heat exhaustion or something. SecretRecipe, what is the worst thing about being poor? So hunger is not the worst thing about being poor.Īnd now Im sure youre asking, Okay, okay, Mr. And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in God. There is nothing better than a chicken leg when you havent eaten for (approximately) eighteen-and-a-half hours. Poverty = empty refrigerator + empty stomachĪnd sure, sometimes my family misses a meal, and sleep is the only thing we have for dinner, but I know that, sooner or later, my parents will come bursting through the door with a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken.Īnd hey, in a weird way, being hungry makes food taste better. I wish I were magical, but I am really just a poor-ass reservation kid living with his poor-ass family on the poor-ass Spokane Indian Reservation.ĭo you know the worst thing about being poor? Oh, maybe youve done the math in your head and you figure: ![]()
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