Parody
Parody Temporary Man Walking / 3 Chapter 1 The day dawned steely and gray over the transgender block of the Ontorio Mrnmum S^urity and Self-Esteem Enhancement Facility in the northern corner °f...
...It was time for the final injection...
...Can you walk, or should we strap you to a gurney...
...The footsteps were ominous coming down the cellblock...
...Then he marched out into the hal1...
...His hand trembled...
...Prisoners rose from their cots...
...They watched grimly as he walked down that Long Pink Mile to the operating room from which no man returned...
...Then, at last came the doctors...
...Finally, a man in a black suit stood silently before him...
...Confused Man Walking...
...They'd seen it all before...
...He turned and went to the back of the cel1 to perform the traditional last gesture, the putting down of the toilet seat...
...The guards sneered at him...
...a11 the appeals had been sustained...
...For most it would be just another monotonous day, a day like every other...
...Be brave," someone whispered...
...the other guard snarled...
...He motioned that he would walk that final stretch...
...It's time to choose your implants...
...Joe's knees buckled when he saw the estrogen bag...
...Is that k, Joe...
...Joe had been convicted in a string of robberies and murders, and had been sentenced to nearly three months of incarceration under Canada's new Three Strikes and You're Forgiven law...
...He gathered his strength...
...A guard opened the gate and let him enter the cel1...
...Joe looked over the open briefcase...
...the guard jeered...
...Big ones and little ones...
...There Joe (soon to be Jill) Sullivan rose with a start...
...One of them grabbed his television remote control...
...In a few hours he would become a feminist...
...Good morning, my son," the man said calmly...
...Joe stared at the floor...
...I guess you won't be zapping quite as muc^ wi11 you Joe...
...One of the outte^ officers from Murderers and Rapists Concerned, a grass-roots prison group, came to offer comfort...
...Guards checked and rechecked their weapons...
...Maybe you find WNBA games interesting...
...Qoser and closer...
...Under Ontario law, guards who violated the strict No Teasing policy could be sentenced to three weeks of Native American crafts workshops...
...Today, Joe knew would be his last...
...Parody Temporary Man Walking / 3 Chapter 1 The day dawned steely and gray over the transgender block of the Ontorio Mrnmum S^urity and Self-Esteem Enhancement Facility in the northern corner °f the province...
...But the atmosphere was different down in the basement wing of the facility, where the most advanced cases were house4 down on Spayed Row...
...Joe refused to rise to the bait, but made a mental note to call the Empowerment Counselor the province had assigned him...
...shouted the prisoners up and down the block...
...They brought him his last meal, steak and eggs...
...he was asked...
Vol. 5 • December 1999 • No. 12
