In early February of 2024, gang violence in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, escalated to levels so high that now nearly 80% of the capital city is under gang rule.

Steam rises from the chimney
with a G-rated "come hither"
into the cerulean blue sky.

You feel drawn towards it
like a moth to a porch light
on a warm June evening.
"Come hither."

A second, smaller part of the previous post I made entitled "Billy, part 1"

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Billy did not own a home. Instead, he lived out of his truck.