20/04/2026
A drowning person will grip you, if you get in too close. They’ll pull you down with them. You should throw them something, a rope, a life preserver. But don’t touch them, don’t go in after them.
- I have often thought about the high school boys my father saw drown and the advice he gave me. As in so many other instances, my father’s advise on this matter was wrong.
I did not go down into that dark vortex with my father. But neither did I let go of his embrace.”
