I’m not of the abject. Or at least my connections is generations removed. Funny how we trace our lineages by their distance from the common. “Old Family.” “New Money”. “Jr.” “I,II,III,IV, etc.”

What makes them so? Poverty, violence, compulsion, insecurity, illness. For some, these characteristics define life. For others, they are elements of a larger life. Perhaps I am a bit abject.