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hen I was gwing up, Fnana, Calinia, was allange gves, gape vineyads, and chicken anches. Iculd ea anges, gapeuis, and angeines all ucking day i Iwaned. I had  walk hugh an ange gve jus  g  mynex­d neighb’s huse. thee eally was n neighbhd.I was lng bee ac hmes. A he cne  each  he lngcuny blcks, hee wee hese big, en­­all cemen ankswih pen s n hem, called wae weis, which ed wae he huses m clean, clea Lyle Ceek in he hills. thewae weis had a fa n hem, and when he wae g  lw,he fa wuld kick n and hey’d ll back up like a ile. Eachne had a ladde ging up s guys culd sevice hem, and kidswuld dwn in hem all he ime. We always head a um hasme kid g pli m ne  hem. Bu i was u dinkingwae and i was ice­cld. In he summe, we used  jump in andswim. N swim, bu dunk dwn, ge cled , and climb u.I dn’ wan  say we’d piss in hem, bu we did.
 
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My dad mved  Fnana because he head he seel mill washiing. When I was bn in Mneey Cuny Hspial in Sali­nas, Calinia, Dad and Mm had been picking leuce in heelds and living in a camp whee eveyne else was Mexican. theKaise Seel Mill—he s seel mill wes  he Mississippi—pey much made Fnana. Gwing up, evey kid in Fnanawas jus ying  ge hugh high schl  ge a jb a KaiseSeel. We hugh i paid gea. oiginally, yu didn’ even needa high schl diplma, bu, as Kaise Seel buil up, and heplans pened up, making pipes  big beams, yu needed a highschl diplma. Unless,  cuse, hey g a big de and neededhe peple. then hey’d hie anybdy, and lay yu  when heyg he jb dne. Bu eveybdy was happy  g hee and makewhaeve hey wee paying.I was a bual jb hugh, wking a a seel mill in a 160­degee hea, pieces  h meal fying u a yu. My dad wkedin he pen heah, he hes, hades wk in he plan, wheehey pu he ings in big ughs and make seel. Mlen uck­ing seel. He came hme wih his clhes denched m swea,and he used  ake sal ables evey day bee he wen  wk.He had pbably he lwes jb n he em ple, and hey mvedhis schedule alms evey week. He wuld g m swing shi gaveyad shi  day shi. Smeimes he’d cme hme a mid­nigh and g  wk again a six in he mning. He g bunedeal bad ne ime—he side  his ace was cmpleely aken . Jus m he hea. I wasn’ seel hiing him. I was ha he g clse  hee was a fae­up  smehing and i jus uckingipped he skin  his ace.My dad’s paens had been migan am wkes wh cameu m Kenucky n a cveed wagn. they’d picked cn allhe way hugh texas, and my dad was bn in texas. tw kidswee—ha’s hw lng hey wee in texas. they had hieen kids.
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