from the journal
Before, with the communism, we was waiting on the line -- you couldn't buy nothing -- everywhere was empty shelves, even if you wanted to buy bread, or sugar, or chocolate, or even toilet paper. A big line, everybody waiting all night long, because for first or second in line it was a lot more choices, you know? It wasn't enough for everybody. They would give you coupons, and you could buy extra, you know, coupon, from friends. Or alcoholics. What wants alcoholics with sugar? For them, alcohol it's the most important. Cops, soldiers had extra place, the shelves full of everything. Friend of my mom? Her husband was a soldier, so she had card for the cop's place. Sometimes my mom? She borrow the card. We always have freezer full of meat against the day when it's going to be for us empty in the store. After the communism was over, you can buy everything in the store in my country. When the time came and communism fell, everybody was fighting in the street. With cops and soldiers, even they was shooting. It was danger, really really danger. Everybody was strike, do you know what it is? Strike? It was Walesa and the Church. The priests was talking about ... help people believe, be strong, not to give up. Then it was John Paul Second, you know? Came to Poland and people in my country, I dunno, feel like they got somebody who can gonna protect them. Not like that guy can protect you, but that's what they think, the guy is gonna protect them. Before, I was more sure of Polish people.
