"I'm headin' out to Illinois, ma."
"Why you be doin' that, boy?"
"Well, ma, they's cuttin' off permanent welfare.
I can only support us so much by food stamp
resales, check forgery, drug dealin', benefit fraud,
muggin', burglary, armed robbery, counterfeitin'
and fencin' stolen merchandise."
"Well, I swan. What you gonna do, boy?"
"I don't know, ma. It's not like I have any skills."
"Well, I swan."