ON A BUSINESS TRIP TO TENNESSEE-CIRCA 1997

It was hot, like 105 degrees hot. I pulled into a Dairy Queen in Dickson, Tennessee, to get some relief. I was headed for Murfreesboro. The girl that waited on me had "HATE" tattooed across her fingers. She must have been around 25 years old or so. I figured she had a pretty rough life. She was really thin, appeared to have been born with a cleft palate, and had several other non-professional tattoos on her arm. When she handed me my order, I asked if her fingers were getting any better. Maybe someone had asked her that before, I don't know. Anyway, she seemed to understand. She said yes, thanks. I'm sure the "HATE" went on those fingers hard and it will come off slow. A young woman in Dickson, Tennessee. I don't know her name or her exact circumstance, but I sure hope she has good luck in the years ahead.