4:00am, 3/3/15

Street corners and entry steps unexpectedly populated with wide-awake citizens. The 24-hour Starbucks seems to double as a homeless shelter, its all-bar seating half-filled with sleepers, while the other half maintain a dazed stare in no particular direction. A young couple stands out with their darting eyes and skittish energy as one huddles in a corner behind a trashcan. The girl stands and watches him between suspicious backward glances, one hand stroking her opposite arm. They trade places, he dizzily passes items to her before he tips and finds a column to hold him up. Outside, a man on a...

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