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Dunc

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Sat May 16, 2026, 06:46 AM May 16

I ran into a guy on his first day out of the penitentiary. [View all]

I stopped for lunch at a local chain convenience store reason why I forgot my lunch. And next to me was this fellow with his daughter helping him order food on the touch screen.
Guy was totally lost in how to order anyway i sat down and they sat down at a table next to me to eat. Now we didn’t talk at all just earlier standing at kiosk ordering we exchanged hello’s.
Yet I heard this man and his daughter conversations and his daughter said it’s been a long coming waiting for this day for you.
Thirty years waiting for you to come home dad i heard her say.
Don’t know what this guy did reason he did such along time. Yet I was happy for him and his daughter yesterday in what I heard in their conversation.

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