The heat off the asphalt carries the smell of diesel and lukewarm hot dogs, punctuated by the metallic clatter of the subway train and Glenn Medeiros’ high-pitched voice whining from a passing boombox. I’m framing a shot of a girl in a velvet choker and shredded flannel when a shiftless slacker blocks my lens, staring slack-jawed at a neon window display for the new Super Nintendo.
News of warships in the Gulf crackles over a transistor radio nearby, but on this corner, the only tension is the price of a loaf of bread and the grit on a pair of scuffed Doc Martens. I click the shutter just as the light hits a "Presumed Innocent" poster peeling off the brickwork, capturing another gray Wednesday in the city.
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