Status Updates From Junky

“criminal law is one of the few professions where the client buys someone else’s luck. the luck of most people is nontransferable. but a good criminal lawyer can sell all his luck to his client, and the more luck he sells the more he has to sell.”

“as the wagon jolted along on the way back to the precinct, i felt the morphine spread through all my cells. my stomach moved and rumbled. a shot when you are very sick always starts the stomach moving. normal strength came back to all my muscles. i was hungry and sleepy.”