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Nathan McClain
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They said I was an alternate
but before that what do you like to do
with your free time and one of us said long walks with her dog around the park and another
said kick it with the homies on the block
and I might have said cook or write or something dumb like that though the judge didn’t judge
and another juror would only answer
in private and one said he liked to read
a good book (though what one considers good
is debatable) and sure the question
seemed odd but it took our minds off
the past awhile which we all had
to answer for (or to) one said take a warm
bath one whispered are we ever going home