History depends on chroniclers. Shame creates a negative space in history. “History is written by the victor” is one way of articulating this principle. But what of those personal battles that have no victors, only vanquished?
As I walked in my city, past a site that, I think, housed one of the dens in which I used to go to die a little, I grew curious. Was it here? A block north or south? I wasn’t sure.
I did just a little research. Enough to ascertain that… I can’t tell.