I ask Joel in desperation, my friend since our school days at the Beverly Hills Academy. He stands slumped over, his hands resting on the net and his eyes burning through the ground. When he looks up he appears shameful. He brushes the blonde hair from his eyes. I demand, shocked.
Drug addicts are the sludge of society.
The criminals in the prisons. The very foundations of the inner city ghettos. Recalling the movie, The Doors , I suddenly have another thought. They're also the entertainers. Actors and singers.