My old friend and mentor Sydney Lea (who was nominated for the - TopicsExpress



          

My old friend and mentor Sydney Lea (who was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize) has a line, A shape gets up and gets away. I thought of that when I ended my piece The Gift of Evil, which may be one of my best short bits of writing, because it comes from a place of truth only blood can teach you. What does it mean to escape? I ask. To all the victims of extreme violence in childhood I hope it says, though you may be still, in some private darkness, running home, you are not alone. To anyone, under the duress of close quarters personal attack, who answers violence with violence, I support you. Some pains never go away. But you will live quieter in your heart down the years if you fought back. There is a time and place for pure red rage. If that moment ever finds you, let the monster loose. amazon/Sea-Monkeys-A-Memory-Book/dp/1593764480
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:14:20 +0000

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