I REMEMBER

THE OTHER DAY I ASKED MY FATHER WHY WOULD THEY HAVE ONE OF THESE SHORT STAY MOTELS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. I SAID " WAS IT A STRAIGHT UP CRACK HEAD AND WHORE MOTEL"? HE EXPLAINED TO ME WHEN FAMILIES ARE DISPLACED AND HAVE NO WHERE ELSE TO GO OR IF THEY HAVE NO MONEY THAT THE GOVERNMENT SETS THEM UP AND PAYS. HE THEN WENT ON TO EXPLAIN TO ME THAT MY SISTER IN LAW DELLA WAS IN ONE OF THOSE IN ELMSFORD WITH MY NEPHEWS AND NIECES, AND THEN SAID NOTHING. SO QUICKLY DID I REMEMBER BECAUSE I KNEW. I THEN TOLD HIM, OH YEAH I REMEMBER BECAUSE I LIVED THERE WITH THEM FOR THAT MONTH BEFORE WE MOVED TO GETTY SQUARE. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF HOW CAN I FORGET, I HAVE PICTURES OF SABRINA, TONY, AND ME AS I WAS HOLDING LITTLE RICHIE AS AN INFANT AND HOW I WOULDNT OF LEFT THEM. I REMEMBER. BOY WAS THAT A CRAZY TIME.