" title="Brittle Star Ian C Smith
‘Chris’, hippie appearance, sorrowful eyes
Another life story at the AA
meeting. He began with the gullible
stepfather, the mother’s fantasies, then
we heard about his unseen real father’s
dominance, his adolescent interest
in the spiritual life, his scorn for hire
purchase, his qualities of leadership.
He loved to play tricks, hated violence,
and although women adored him, men, too,
from all walks of life, he seemed celibate.
He saw it coming, predicted it, when
his own people betrayed him, crucified
him really. He would cry out for a drink,
felt desperate when he thought he had been
abandoned. One of his best mates denied
knowing him, and after he woke in a
cave, alone, bleeding, left for dead, that was
when he knew his life had hit rock bottom.
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