Homeless, hungry, and alone in New York City(Photo by: Andrew Benedetti via ENS.Newswire.Com)
Excerpt from:
"Old Men Of The Bowery"
by Carl I. Cohen/Jay Sokolovsky
(1989)[p. vi]
Most of us struggle to deny and repress. We may try to view homelessness as individual breakdown and deviancy, often we succumb to psychic numbing. Yet at times when our security is threatened and the armor cracks a bit, one eventually must ask: "What if I lost my job or personal tragedy befell me or my family and I couldn't pay my mortgage or the rent? Who would help? Would anyone really care?" Above all, for this reason, our fate is integrally linked with the plight of the homeless...
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