He had been picked up, the evening before, in a raid on an apartment downtown, for peddling and using heroin. My brother Sonny was about as old as the boys in my class, his face had been bright and open and he had wonderfully direct brown eyes, and great gentleness and privacy. I stared at it in the swinging lights of the subway car, and in the faces and bodies of people, and in m> own face, trapped in the darkness which roared outside. Then perhaps I just stared at it, at the newsprint spelling out his name, spelling out the story. Tip: When “Enable Navigation Controls” is turned off, quick access to pause and play, adjust speed, and skip lines of text is disabled.I read about it in the paper, in the subway, on my way to work, I read it, and I couldn't believe it, and I read it again.
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