Aurora Magazine 2018

Exactly what I said. He’s the idiot white supremacist who asked for two chicken steaks, a triple bacon cheeseburger, fried okra, three fajitas, a pizza, a pint of ice cream, and a slab of peanut butter fudge with crushed peanuts! Bastard didn’t eat any of it. Said he “wasn’t hungry.” A dying man’s one last wish and he ruined it and the worst part is, he asked for chick- en steaks. Instead, my last meal will be that slop from breakfast. I think it must have been a meat omelet. Hell, coulda been chunks of shit and I’d say it was the best meal I’ve ever had in this place. Do you think Heaven has food, boy? KYLE Heaven? MARSHALL Don’t sound confused boy, you’ve heard of Heaven! You know, the place with the angels, the saints…and GOD? No more pain and suffering, forgiveness of sins, yada, yada, yada? This has to be ringing a bell. KYLE Of course, I’ve heard of Heaven. MARSHALL Well then, tell me boy, do you think they have food up there? I’d hate dying knowing my last meal was that shit omelet they fed us this morning. KYLE I don’t know. MARSHALL I know this is your first day, boy. But have you had the slop here? (MARSHALL does not wait for KYLE to answer.) (MARSHALL pauses.) MARSHALL (CONT.)

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