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March 2004

In the Palm of My Hand

His lifelines chart two different paths--one to recovery, one to a ruined body in a doorway

I saw a man wasted on the sidewalk the other day. As people hurried past with their eyes focused anywhere but on his wrecked body, I thought: That's me in those dirty clothes, in those busted shoes, in that state of hopelessness.

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