Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Poetic Obituaries: Being orphaned by society

for one's beliefs wasn't much of a threat.

Though he [Robert Emmett] grew up as a tough street kid, he defied the gangs to defend the weaker "smart" kids, rescued stray dogs, wrote poetry, painted and later graduated from Cooper Union art school.

from Age of Autism: Grandfather Warrior: Robert Emmett 1921-2008

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