Despair, Stronger Than Love

Bradley E. Clift

The Hartford Courant

It's in my Blood--From the state into their veins. Moments after cashing a welfare check they had picked up from Damaris's mother, she and Eddie shoot up at a friend's house where they are staying. Three toddlers had to be moved from this room as the couple simultaneously shot up, intent only on themselves and their own addiction.

Bradley E. Clift, "Despair, Stronger Than Love," in POYi Archive, Item #19645, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/19645 (accessed November 23, 2024).