Dear Anonymous,
'Some people they just can't GO in. She had an apartment and she left it. Left the TV and a whole bunch a' stuff. She just leaves. We had her over to sleep when it was rainin' and she couldn't do it. She left by 11:30. She been institutionalized to the streets. It's where she operates. She don't trust nobody after alls been done to her since she was a kid and nobody understands that when she acts out she don't know it.'
Mike is describing a woman who has been out here for over 11 years, he claims. He says the resource center is doing what they can to help.
Meanwhile, Mike is struggling with the methadone clinic , missed a day and spent it in bed yesterday. Hopefully today will be a bit different.
A man walks by with a pack on, head down, hood up and a dog on leash. He doesn't stop. It feels slightly menacing to me. And then Mike shares a story about that young man...who had acted with extraordinary generosity and kindness toward him. One never knows.