Nearly two months Michael had stayed away, under the auspices of a
personal revelation from God. Never did
he connect his desertion of the community to his mother’s sudden and
unanticipated arrival, as she bore the tidings of his natal home’s destruction by
fire. Norman, who ran the homeless
shelter downtown, he had become immediately and fiercely enamoured with,
sublimating his erotic passion into the most ill-fitting Christian love. Norman’s wish became Michael’s command, even
when, eventually, he told him that he must return to the Place of the
Transfiguration. This had occurred
during Michael’s breakdown, during his last week with Norman. He was snapping at and bullying the homeless
in his care. Norman knew that it was
time to confront him with some hard and unpleasant truths. To everyone’s surprise Michael was compliant
and submissive. He was needing the care
of people who knew and loved him.
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