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The nightmare continues. Make no mistake.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This time, all of my real-life friends and family are involved and helping. I’ve let a few online friends know what’s been going on. It makes our troubles since June seem trivial.<\/p>\n

How bad is it…?<\/strong> I had gray hairs develop in a week’s time. I’m only 35.<\/p>\n

Fuck you Poconos! I wanna go home.<\/strong> Carole wants to stay & fight… I want to grab what we can and run for it!<\/p>\n

We drove in for my aunt’s wake in Glendale<\/strong>, Queens, yesterday. The city I swore never to set foot back in, two years ago, never seemed more beautiful… the cold steel buildings welcomed me as we crossed the Triborough Bridge.<\/p>\n

Driving though Main Street, Flushing,<\/strong> the kids thought I lost my mind.<\/p>\n

“OOH… Grafitti!!!”
\n“LOOK, A MUGGING!!!!”<\/p>\n

“Lock your doors, kids…those two guys are looking to carjack someone!!!!”
\n” I can’t read a goddamn sign on the streets, it’s all in Korean…ain’t it great???”<\/p>\n

The kids were terrified, and daddy was in total bliss!<\/strong> It all just felt…right?<\/p>\n

But is it any different?<\/strong> The kids are frightened at home. Life is a nightmare in the Poconos too, with so many legal hassles… they have no security there. We left New York City to give them a better life. Yet they’re scared. They’re always scared… and it’s killing me.<\/p>\n

I can take any punk down in the streets. Did it my whole life. I have the street savvy to survive New York City.<\/p>\n

But I can’t fight a corrupt legal system.
\nFuck you Poconos!!! I want to go home… before it’s too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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