Tuesday, September 23, 2008

brim

his life has always been empty, he said.  "i grew up with nothing," he said.  "i was born with nothing.  i still have nothing.  i will never have nothing.  forty-five years of living the way i have lived, i like 'nothing.'  no one can take 'nothing' from you." -- willie bosket

i read this while surrounded by academic privilege and sipping my organic coffee.  i have people who love me and hope in the future.  i got shivers.  do i have more to lose than willie?