Joseph Love is a freelance writer whose fiction and nonfiction has appeared in numerous journals and magazines and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. You can read eulogies, jokes, and stories by Joseph Love online here. He’d also like to hear from you (yes, you!). Send him an email.
Name the goat. This is the most valuable information given by the inmates. If you name it, you cannot eat it. You will care for it. You will see it has a soul. The goat will become like your child. And then they will set you free.