It would have broken my heart if it hadn't been so damn familiar. I guess I'd gotten numb to that sort of thing. I had heart-leather like walruses got blubber.

“I watched commercial ave. slide past and there in the distance were the lights …”

“But no matter what the truth, remember: Dominicans are Caribbean and therefore …”

“Their flashlight newly activated, they walked him into the cane--never had he h…”

“I mean, shit, what Latino family doesn't think it's cursed?”