Bang Kwang prison, Bangkok
The Here and Now
Eight footsteps double-time it in my direction, four guards approaching my cell with purpose. I've been here long enough to know what the purpose is; I'm in for another beating.
The door slams open.
"Lie flat," screams a guard as he swishes a three-foot-long bamboo cane in the air.
I know better than to resist, or to ask what the beating is for. I lie face down on the stone floor and spread my arms and legs. I grit my teeth and hold my breath, determined not to scream as the blows rain down on my back and buttocks.
But the pain is too overpowering. I scream, and scream, and scream.
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