Work No. 752: High Voltage Hovis the Homeless Angel

High Voltage Hovis, the Homeless Angel
c. Michael St.Mark 2015

Street man Hovis, Old Street, E. London.

We stooped to chat with this pale and drawn little fellow, sitting next to a high tension line junction box in the rain ( !! )  and who was being ignored nay shunned by most of the mostly smartly-attired young people passing ..and asked to hear his story. He said his street name is Hovis; he’s ex-army and fell on hard times after his wife divorced him. Originally from Yorkshire, we suggested it may be a slightly better life up there..
” Yorkshire’s closed”, he replied.. ” no work”, .. “there hasn’t been much happening up there since Thatcher closed the pits in the 80s”.
The impression was, here’s a  likeable, friendly, humble and innoffensive guy, reduced to wrapping in a silver heat-reflector while squatting on a dirty damp pavement, with an empty polystyrene cup for hope – and on Mothers Day of all days..
We gave him some money, shook his hand and wished him well.

Hovis may be a nobody in the eyes of the world – but he wears bright bright angel wings

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