Older men seemed to love me
I was only about 11 years old at this time. My mom, me and 3 sisters moved over to the east end of this city. It was sort of a welfare building, your normal row housing. On welfare, you can’t afford that much, especially with a lot of mouths to feed. I wasn’t doing to good in school at this end of town. I had a bad habit of playing hookie from school. Naturally I was skinny and had very little clothing that fit me properly. I just couldn’t consintrate in class, with my stomach rumbling all the time. I used to go down to the docks where all the kids hung out on the weekends. I felt that was a good place not to be seen by a truancy officer or police. I used …