Creative Writing: Phoenix Prison Camp

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Overcome by feelings of hopelessness, I sat in shock staring at my new home up ahead, Phoenix Prison Camp. I wanted to scream, but when I opened my mouth, nothing came out. At the end of long black top road, a low profile building tucked in an open gravel lot, framed with saguaro cacti. As I walked through the wire embedded glass door, I experienced the loss of freedom for the first time in my life. Once inside the building, I felt like a bird with a clipped wing, trapped. If only I had seen through my in-laws, this nightmare wouldn’t have happened. Overwhelmed by shame and guilt, I stare at Joe and the twins . . . . from the struggle of freedom

We arrived at the road that lead up to the front gate of the prison. There it was. It was

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