Sunday, May 25, 2008

seen on the streets

East Village, late April, 2008.

A large family gathers outside a funeral home. Mostly elderly and middle aged women, with a fair number of children. One child, wearing a t-shirt with a laser-printed image of his grandfather's face, hugs his mother, somberly.
Right next to the funeral home is a bar. On the sidewalk, bachelorettes and sorority alumni take randy pictures of each other in their slim black skirts. One girl wears a crown and carries a big novelty penis balloon, with little white cum balloons coming out of the top.