Can't Stop, Won't Stop Summary and Analysis

Kody wakes periodically over the next few days, has "lumps in his throat" over the thought of his stomach being held together with staples, and notes the pump keeping the poisons pumped from his stomach. He has open holes where he's taken bullets in his left leg and his back. After a few days in the hospital, Kody's gang is retaliating in such a ferocious way that the police come to him asking him to put a stop to it. Kody is proud of his gang for their action. His nurse, Eloise, has a son in a gang but doesn't say whether he's in Kody's set or a rival gang. One day, Eloise brings Kody a phone and the caller says only, "You ain't dead yet, tramp?!" Kody realizes that there will likely be another...