May 26 The Lonely City

I had to work a few midnight shifts lately. The city is definitely a different place when ninety five percent of the people are sleeping. I had a job at 34th & California which is down the street from Cook County jail. The only people stopping at the gas station there were county cops, delivery trucks and the occasional gang bangers. I was just below I-55 which hardly had any traffic. It was a beautiful night so I turned up the radio and enjoyed the cool breeze on a humid night in the desolate, quiet, lonely city.

the northbound I-55 off ramp at California Avenue at 3:10am