When you got nothing to do and you are a kid, you jump off railings into snowbanks, I guess.
Month: March 2011
Teena and Michael on Main
Teena and Michael sit on Main St. Can’t go to Turning Point, a drop in, because it only opens for meetings.
Judge Costello Courthouse Clock
How can you give people time or fine them for not being on time when the clock on the courthouse doesn’t work. Not only doesn’t it work, but the faces don’t have the same times.
Woman with the Wings Tatoo
Went to an all day arts program. Talking to a woman with a tatoo on her back about a portrait shootshoot. She became animated and knocked her wine off the table, hitting me, before it hit the floor. Clean up time. I left to wash my jeans before they stained.
Mike at Park
“Not with the same girl you saw me with at JUMP.”
Neisha Kaitlyn and Pandora
Texting, knitting, sitting and staring. Boys boxed. “It it fake or real,” I asked. “Fake,” said Kaitlyn.
Larry Bottle Guy
Larry relaxes after picking up bottles. Rolls a cigarette. Kicks back.
He said his brother died last spring. He took over the bottle business. “You should see me with a full load.”
He does what he has to do to survive.
Quarantined
My friend Tom Barber asked me to care for this model. She must be in shock, moving from the New North End to downtown. We welcome her. But she isn’t talking yet.
Karl Berry, Sr.
So, I have been learning from the people of Burlington about life in the Queen City, making friends on the street. Ever meet a poet? Came upon him one day in the park.
He’s writing a book of poetry. Needs photos for his social media and for the book jacket. We be working with each other’s lives.