A young man sits alone. His world, his life, everything lies behind him now as he comes to grips with the realities that face him on the page of a newspaper. Headlines are meant to catch our attention, and hold us captive as we read through, but what happens when all we’d want in life is to forget that headline?
More over, what would we do if we couldn’t? Within this one bedroom shack on the east side of town, one man finds himself desperate to do just that.
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