Gary Redux
Gary It took me a while to get this picture (taken by David Soffa) of Gary. But here it is, at last. Gary was one of the most memorable kids in the St. George Homes back in the early 1970s simply because of his voice. High Pitched doesn't really come close, rather pre pubescent sums it up. Like a few of the other kids Gary had a fixation. Comic Book superheroes, to be sure. But not their images, more like the words used in their exploits. Think Batman and think Pow and Zap and BOOOOM! At some point in his formative years those comics were all he had and he managed to incorporate all those adjectives and verbs into his reality. Even in this photo, Gary is about to smile. He laughed a good deal. Laughed and smiled when uttering those action words, laughed and smiled when being hit by other kids in the home. His agggression was sublimely passive and that further inspired his tormentors. Of all the kids I recall, Gary was perhaps the most lovable. His histrionics