Raunchy

by T. Styles

I felt a hollow emptiness in my stomach and tried to push it down. I didn’t know what the feeling was, all I knew was that it hurt.

“At the time when I asked him why he killed all them dogs he said, 'Would you rather it be some mutt or some nigga you know instead?' I never forgot that shit."

“Whatever you do, don’t tell nobody ‘bout his shit. If you got a mind to talk about it, then there’s enough niggas in this room to feed that need. Outside of that, this shit stays here.”

“I know but sometimes I wish my life could be different.” “Wishing's for fools, Cherry. Take the life you got and deal with it. You’d be better off that way.”

“God favors the rejected sinners.” He said looking into my eyes before looking back at the road. “How else can you give a testimony, unless you been through a hard life?”