While eating ice cream under a bridge, an older ex-convict opens up to a young man about why he chooses to stay away from his children. He reflects on his own failures and his plan to eventually end his life on a windy day, revealing the deep-seated shame and isolation he carries.
SID: So would you find your kids? If you got the house?
BARRACUDA: You know why they put me in the clink, brother? The last time?
SID: No.
BARRACUDA: You curious?
SID: I don’t care.
BARRACUDA: Well I had my chance, y’know man. Tell you straight, there’s about one classy thing I can do for them at th
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