Dasparkhotel, A Hotel Where Guests Stay in Converted Drain Pipes. Casualties of War, Toy Soldiers That Show Plight of American Veterans. Street Art (oh you fancy huh?) & from the moon and beyond. Young, Homeless and Enslaved by the Freedom of the Rails | Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. “You got any weed?” Is how William “Trash” Hansen introduced himself on a hot spring day in the Little 5 Points neighborhood of Atlanta.
The heels of his socks peeked through the disintegrated soles of his steel-toed boots as he walked the strip in search of the drug. If you passed him on the street you may have thought twice before striking up a conversation. If the soot- drenched, patch- woven outfit didn’t give you pause, the blatant drug references and casual cat-calls may have. Sporadically he’d push back the small puff of dreadlocked hair sprouting from the crown of his head or run his arm across his forehead to wipe away sweat. With each swipe a new abstraction of brake dust and grime clotted against his pale skin. Drug and alcohol use is common within the hobo community. The dirt on his back came from across the United States. At 20, Trash has endured, experienced and seen more of the United States than most will see in their entire lives.
“I’ll be here every day,” he said. The Walls Are Not Cheese. The Cacophony Society - StumbleUpon. To Live Without Dead Time.