his real name is alienation , he's your high school, sort of knew him him , weird kid down the block, who fell through the cracks in society's delusional safety nets. and he really wanted to be heard or noticed; and that sick smile says "you finally noticed, pleased to meet you, hope you got my name"
All this "climate of hate" is chicken peckin shit. If folks want to point fingers, they might consider the attention and care given to people who very obviously suffer from the onset of post-adolescent schizophrenia, which is next to none. When guys like this one don't go Taxi Driver or die from mishap, they end up homeless or over-medicated or in prison or sleeping in their parents' basements in front of the TV until they go off their meds. If life is relatively kind they're eventually institutionalized in a halfway-decent facility, that is, until the funding is cut and the patients are dumped by the busload, like they used to do in front of the Men's Shelter on 3rd Street in NYC.
That's the question I've been pondering...how did he transform?
ReplyDeleteDrugs of course.
ReplyDeleteYes, but what drugs?
ReplyDeleteYou talkin' to me?
ReplyDeleteBe careful what you wish for. This guy is 20th Century redux; he's Travis Bickle and the end of Nashville.
If we're referencing movies, I'd add "The Parallax View".
ReplyDeletehis real name is alienation , he's your high school, sort of knew him him , weird kid down the block, who fell through the cracks in society's delusional safety nets. and he really wanted to be heard or noticed; and that sick smile says "you finally noticed, pleased to meet you, hope you got my name"
ReplyDeleteAll this "climate of hate" is chicken peckin shit. If folks want to point fingers, they might consider the attention and care given to people who very obviously suffer from the onset of post-adolescent schizophrenia, which is next to none. When guys like this one don't go Taxi Driver or die from mishap, they end up homeless or over-medicated or in prison or sleeping in their parents' basements in front of the TV until they go off their meds. If life is relatively kind they're eventually institutionalized in a halfway-decent facility, that is, until the funding is cut and the patients are dumped by the busload, like they used to do in front of the Men's Shelter on 3rd Street in NYC.
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