No Friends Inside

This experience made me lose my job.
It made me lose the ability to get my money from the marketplace and give it to people.
It made me lose so many things.

My losses were financial when I entered that place.
What I learned was to never trust anyone.
There were some people inside that were similar to the people I dealt with outside.
I hadn’t noticed their intentions or actions.
Maybe because the outside world is big, but inside it’s small and limited, and you can easily figure out people’s intentions.

When I got out I spent almost 3 years interacting with no one but my mother, brother, and children.
I wouldn’t even go out into the balcony or answer the phone.
My relationships have probably all become shallow.
I cut ties with everyone I knew.
I had money in the marketplace, some of which my brother could get, but some people refused to give him the money when they learned that I had been sent to prison for 10 years.

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