I m homel
Living on th t i hell, but I do what I hav to do. I am an
African-American 1 dy, 32 y rs old, nd
ate. I h d two childr n, by diffe nt fath
chool.
I h d jo working in a cl n rs for alm t. lOy . Th y
only paid me 3.50 an hour but I upported my kids all by
my If. When their bu in go bad, th y fired m ". I couldn't
pay my bills, 0 I I t my ap rtm nt nd had to on welfare.
I had a lot of t and started using dru nd drinking, I
lost my kids and lost my welfar che k. I rt livin in a
shelter.
The shelter was real b d lot of th oth r people
who lived in the hel r w re ick in th mind and in th . body.
I had to sleep on a cot right next to another lady who w filthy.
You could almos the lice on h r body. Th y were 0 bad
that it messed with my mind-and mad 01 tart scr tching all
over my body.
One night, another lady had a nasty, hacking cough and he
coughed all night, I had to lie th re and br th h r nasty rms
all night.
By Dr. Chari W. Faulkn r
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o ar Dr. F ulkn r:
Lester's World
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weapons
For mor mfo: NPDUM, Fred
Hampton Jr. Defense Commit­
tee, 7911 MacArthur Blud., 0aJe­
land, CA; (510) 635-2330.
A LOT OF PEOPLE in the shelt r had A.l.D.S You could
how sick they were. They would gro n and cry and wh ze
all night long. A lot of the people wer crazy, too. People would
just start shouting and talking to thems lv , in th middle of
the night. One lady was 0 crazy that at 3 a.m. on morning,
she grabbed another lady by the hro t and tar d hoking th
hell out of her. It cared me 0 much that I couldn't to Ie p.
The next day, I was really exhau ted, but th y put verybody
out of the shelter and into th tr tat 6 a.m., in th morning.
On evening when I returned to the shelter, I d' v red t.h t
somebody had broken into my locker and h d olen all of my
precious ions. My toothbrush w tol n. 0 was my
soap, underclothes, dr and my ov rcoat, My pi ur w
all torn up and pencil and paper, nd h w r stol n.
When I complained about it, two ladi jumped on me and
started beating me. One of them pull out a knife end stabbed
me in the arm, thr tim . Finally, th guards cs m and put
me in the hospital. I had a black eye, a broken nos ", a cracked
rib, scratches and cuts, and a broken arm. Th gu rds blamed
the fight on me. They put me out of th h It r for one whol
w ek, as punishment.
I tell you, Dr. Faulkner, I would rath r be on the tr t than
in the shelter. Th shelter r ally pulled 111 down. I was an
emotional wreck. I caught pn umonia and hiv in th . sh It r.
Living on the str . h 11, but th shelt r is wors I ov r
my drug habit, th nks to . I am lowly h � lin
I . ally do need your hlp, and the h lp of ot.h r oplo who
read your column. If anyon n h Ip m , pl a do wha you
can. I need money, a pla to liv 'I dent cloth and I n d to
be around peopl who love m an you h lp m !? M . R.,
Clev land.
Ii tulers: What aduice elf) you hate {or M .. fl.? Please umte '/II' at P.O Box
955, Washin.gton.. D.C. 20044-0955 or mil me at (202)736·.1761
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II See. I told you there was no need for a whip and chair ...
'cause some of them are really quite easy to train."
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