Lady with a Bible & the Barking Man

God Bless Our Barrio

Lady at the corner market in brand new Fila hightops, clutching a plastic covered Bible. She looks clean, she looks happy, she counts change to buy a mini-bottle of whiskey. She leaves the store, opens the bottle, says a prayer, and pours it down her throat.

Across the parking lot is a porta-john. Sitting next to it in a yoga pose is a gaunt shirtless man. He is barking.