When I was a boy living on Lincoln Street (which is no longer there) in Brighton, Massachusetts, that was during the 1920's, I wanted to be a drunk when I grew up.
Why is that?
Because the drunks that I saw on the streets and sleeping in the hallways of the "Three Castles" (our apartment complex) . . . those drunks were always happy! replied Peter Bilezikian, a man who had survived the Armenian Genocide.
Good for Peter to see the bright side! As a child I usually thought drunks were loud, and physically aggressive .. not happy but miserable and mean.
ReplyDeleteCompared to the misery that he saw around him -- the folks who had lost so many family members and friends during the Armenian genocide -- the drunks were carefree!
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