"I've got dozens of cases of harassment and dozens of arrests on trumped-up misdemeanor charges, when they arrest me to satisfy police curiosity," he says. "There is no way, under the current thinking, that police are going to see the homeless as anything but a problem and vice versa."
Joyce blames his homelessness in large part on his inability to establish and maintain normal relationships.
"I've established no relationships on the street," he says. "I don't panhandle, because I refuse to initiate any relationships."
"I would get off the streets if I could," he says, "but I don't want to initiate that relationship either."
Joyce laments his plight, saying it might in fact be easier if his problems were greater.
"Being sane and homeless is worse than being insane and homeless," he says. "When they are insane, people make excuses for them."
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