Despair, 'Our House'

Bradley E. Clift

The Hartford Courant

Our Room--With the morning light barely making it to the closet where Chris slept, he poked out after Jessica, 9, kicked him awake. Jessica always gets up early, about then has trouble getting her brother up. The two like school, though, and on this Halloween morning they arrive in time for breakfast. They have no adult supervision because their mother is a junkie.

Bradley E. Clift, "Despair, 'Our House'," in POYi Archive, Item #19643, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/19643 (accessed November 23, 2024).