“_Awake, arise, or be forever fallen_” – Lucifer, Paradise Lost
“ And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole__
No one could steer me right, but Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame 'cause Mama tried.” -Merle Haggard, “Mama Tried”
As dusk approached, each of the six men took their seats at the table across f...