"Everyone here — they won't say it this way, you know, our pride won't let us — but everyone voting here today, myself included, is homeless right now," a poll worker said, on Election Day, at the Father John Hession Parish Hall, behind the little clapboard church of St. Genevieve, out in Breezy Point, Queens.
"Everyone here — they won't say it this way, you know, our pride won't let us — but everyone voting here today, myself included, is homeless right now," a… On a recent Friday afternoon, Anthony Meloni was in his sun-filled workshop in Port Chester, New York, forty-five minorth nofth of Manhattan, cleaning a pipe….
By Philip Gourevitch "Everyone here — they won't say it this way, you know, our pride won't let us — but everyone voting here today, myself included, is homeless right now," a poll worker said, on Election Day, at the Father John Hession Parish Hall, behind the little clapboard church of St. Genevieve, out in Breezy Point, Queens.
"We played as well as they let us, but we found a way to win even with the disruption of losing Tom Croft with what looks like a dislocated shoulder.
"They won't let us, but we're going to try and do it anyway.
My mom said if we wanted to be ballerinas he would have to let us, but we were always drawn to football".
The union disco had been overrun by kids, but by summer a few of us had passed our tests anyway, and off we'd jaunt to the exotic nightspots of Dundee and Kirkcaldy whenever our dish-washing jobs would let us... but what is this "indie two-step" the proper grown-ups are doing?
Let us know — but remember to include your name.
Let us grieve, but let us not puzzle as to why they take to the boats.
They might not let us in, but they invite a longer look.
They'll let us grow, but they'll try to limit it.
