Archive for May 10th, 2008
Only the Angels Cry
Saturday, May 10th, 2008Shortly after the news of his son’s death reached me, I encountered Nathan in the space outside his office. In the Vanuatu fashion, I offered my condolences quietly, with few words. Nathan just stood there in front of me, rudderless, smiling as people do when there’s nothing to be said, nothing more to be done. His own life, his future, was gone.
Dead of a boiler. Dead of nothing at all.