Addiction lets people do ugly things to themselves. Crackhead vs The Altruist Operator [Brandishing a fresh pack] Wanna cigarette? From one addict (that’s me) to another… [Desynch from trance state/boggled, realizes he is being addressed] Can you spare some change? [Takes cigarette: dirty, gnarled yellow fingernails have grown long - into claws] I like to [...]

I work in a colorful neighborhood. Crackhead versus The Operator [Gestures to jacket] Hey, back in black – I like it. Thanks. Hey man, you know Van Dyke brown? Never heard of them. No man, it’s not like that. It’s a guy, he’s a painter, uses Van Dyke brown to paint the trees… … … [...]