Pogie

Or else I could just trot out my usual end-of-year silliness, better known as the Pogie Awards.

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Then Texas and Pogie started in, because they did whatever Crash told them to do.

Change of Heart Jodi Picoult 2008

They started our one-hour rotations on the exercise yard and the shower, and Pogie was the first to go.

Change of Heart Jodi Picoult 2008

But then I heard Joey start laughing, and Calloway slurping from the faucet, and Texas and Pogie singing drinking songs.

Change of Heart Jodi Picoult 2008

Pogie and Texas followed him like the dogs they were.

Change of Heart Jodi Picoult 2008

Texas and Pogie picked up their dinner trays and began to bang them against the steel doors of their cells.

Change of Heart Jodi Picoult 2008

I could hear paper being unwrapped, the fullness of Pogie speaking around the bounty softening in his mouth.

Change of Heart Jodi Picoult 2008

Pogie had one of his arms, Texas the other; Calloway sat on his fighting feet.

Change of Heart Jodi Picoult 2008

Calloway slept most days and stayed up nights with his bird; Texas and Pogie played virtual poker; Joey was listening to his soaps.

Change of Heart Jodi Picoult 2008

Four and five were empty, so we knew the new inmate would be put in one of themthe only question was whether hed be closer to me, or to the guys in the last three cells: Texas Wridell, Pogie Simmons, and Crash, the self-appointed leader of I-tier.

Change of Heart Jodi Picoult 2008