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Apparently I will stop my pick up truck in the middle of the street if I see a girl, smoking a cigarette, holding a cat, at a bus stop.

Woman at an NRA Convention weeks after 19 children and 2 adults were killed in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

Sunday AM: I see him as I roll by in my Pickup. He’s passed out on a sidewalk, almost naked with his arms and legs stretched wide. I don’t photograph sleeping people so I make a mental note to maybe check on him later. I park several blocks away and begin my street walking. 30 minutes later, there he is, awake and trying to stand up. I introduce myself and build some trust. His speech is gibberish but the erratic dance he does for me is beautiful. We make portraits and I help him as I can.

Darvin is pointing to just one of his 4 bullet wounds from a 2013 shooting in Houston’s Fifth Ward. His stomach still hurts him and gunshots to his leg left him crippled.

I asked him what’s the best thing about being Jesus and he said, “Well it certainly has given me a big boost of confidence.” In all honesty, based on our conversation and his tone of voice, the words he used and his body language, I’m not sure this wasn’t Jesus.

“I’m a criminal. I think the word is “infamous.” I’m a infamous bicycle thief.”

“My wife and I parted after 31 years. She kicked me out. I guess the people we were when we got married had changed.” Paul began hitch hiking around the country at that point. He has been a lumberjack, a bartender and a chuck wagon cook in Wyoming. He proudly told me that he was unvaccinated and that Covid was invented in China with help from former President Obama, The Clintons and President Biden to politically damage Donald Trump.

Although the relationship can become a bit strained, Sundance ( with hat ) looks after Boudreaux on the streets. They “have each other’s backs.” There are often odd but necessary alliances made on the street for survival’s sake.

I asked him what the Devil would like to tell people and he said, “Tell everyone that it’s later than you think.”

I asked Foster for some advice and he said, “It pays to be happy. If you’re not happy, somethings wrong.”