JT

Dear JT,
I arrived at camp safe and sound. The ride was long and boring. I’ve been processed along with the other kids.
JT, I’m not like any of these kids here. They’re from the South side and I can’t relate to them. Lots of these kids are here cuz they’ve run away too many times or done drugs, some of the girls are prostitutes. We don’t speak the same language, have anything similar other than we’re all angry and incarcerated for our anger.
The place is a dump, the beds stink and the bathrooms are an abomination. They have this room which the kids tell me never get put in, it’s horrible. They say the Keys have ways of teaching us Locks how to behave, if I don’t show proper deference, better watch out. I’m being very careful here JT, this place is scary. I don’t know how long I’ll be here, it’lll be short I hope. I hope I don’t have to go back home, I hope they send me far away from ma and pa, you know how they are, but no one seems to believe me, at least the ones they call the Keys. I got assigned to a Smith. She seems pretty nice, we’re supposed to meet once a day to talk, talk about what I wonder. Anyway I met her today and she seems nice, but she’s odd. Kept looking at my feet. She asked me all these questions concerning my feet. I thought we were supposed to talk about why I was angry and did what I did, but she kept wanting to talk about my feet, can’t figure the woman.
The days are boring. We get up, straighten our rooms, then we eat. The food stinks. I’m expected to eat everyting they give me cuz I’m so underweight. I got yelled at for not eating everything and given extra work. School is a farce it’s nothing like the school I was going to. School, they ought to call it kindergarten. I’m surprised, most of the kids can barely add or subtract, they aren’t interested in school at all.
The Keys always have us playnig some sort of game. Volleyball is really big here. They have these meetings which are so ridiculous. It’s so obvious it’s set up so the Keys can boss us around, tell us how bad we are and how we need to change. I hate this camp and can hardly wait and be placed.
More later,
Fondly,
arte