Streaks of campfire soot ran across his face like warpaint. His eyes bore into me. He jacked his fist above his head. There was a second of inner questioning: “Is Phillip really going to punch me?” Phillip grew up on a reserve (The Rez), in Northern British Columbia. It was a rough childhood in conditions that resembled the third world. His parents were residential school survivors and suffered from poverty, poor nutrition, and alcoholism.
Anger Beast
Anger Beast
Anger Beast
Streaks of campfire soot ran across his face like warpaint. His eyes bore into me. He jacked his fist above his head. There was a second of inner questioning: “Is Phillip really going to punch me?” Phillip grew up on a reserve (The Rez), in Northern British Columbia. It was a rough childhood in conditions that resembled the third world. His parents were residential school survivors and suffered from poverty, poor nutrition, and alcoholism.