Freeze Dance
Freeze Dance by Jane Hertenstein originally posted at Word Riot We're all dancing, frozen in time I work at a homeless shelter. Mayor Daley has declared that by 2010 there will be no more homeless people in Chicago. Homelessness will be obsolete. The shelter is an old building, a former warehouse beside the El tracks. There used to be an old water tank for the trains on the rooftop. The last owners manufactured emergency products dispensed in public restrooms: heel band-aids, aspirin tablets, a single tampon or condom. Residents from Goodwill helped assemble the individual capsules. But that operation shut down in the mid-80s leaving the building vacant until the non-profit I work for took it over and rehabbed the five floors. The location is perfect for a shelter because it is situated in a short alley, out of the way, just like how Mayor Daley wants it to be. After a rainy fall the hun...