Fresh Fields
“URBAN FOLLIES 7. URBAN FOLLIES The youth was in the empty business district. He had got into Diestl’s limping stride and went round and round the same few blocks for a couple of hours as the wind made desolate noises in the canyons of the streets.
At one point he saw a van stopped ahead of him under a streetlight. Its doors were open and three people were on the footpath, leaning over, talking to somebody hunched in a doorway. The van had ALISON STREET MISSION painted on its side, and an im...age of Jesus holding his hand out in succour. The youth had seen that van around the city a couple of times before, and had remembered the piece of paper Pastor Eccles had handed him. One day he would make contact, like he’d promised, but it would have to wait till he felt more resilient. You needed resilience to go and present yourself to a bunch of people. You had to be in a cheerful frame of mind. But if you were feeling cheerful and resilient you wouldn’t bother, for you’d be content with your own company, your own thoughts.MoreLess
At one point he saw a van stopped ahead of him under a streetlight. Its doors were open and three people were on the footpath, leaning over, talking to somebody hunched in a doorway. The van had ALISON STREET MISSION painted on its side, and an im...age of Jesus holding his hand out in succour. The youth had seen that van around the city a couple of times before, and had remembered the piece of paper Pastor Eccles had handed him. One day he would make contact, like he’d promised, but it would have to wait till he felt more resilient. You needed resilience to go and present yourself to a bunch of people. You had to be in a cheerful frame of mind. But if you were feeling cheerful and resilient you wouldn’t bother, for you’d be content with your own company, your own thoughts.MoreLess
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