7. Sid in the Hole: To
get to this spot, we walked along the top of a narrow wall marking the
curbside of the highway on-ramp. This led us to a "V" shaped
open space sandwiched by the fortified traffic island that separates the
eastbound and westbound ramps. Inside this area, called the Hole--a pit
of feces and garbage—encased at a catty corner on two sides by rough concrete
walls and protected from the view of oncoming traffic by a metal generator.
Sid lowered himself
onto his heels, careful not to slip into the filth, fiercely concentrating
to inject directly into a vein in his hand, hidden from the rush of traffic
all around us.
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