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“Oh, my kids… it hurts, really… I have a daughter who’s about 16 or 17. I have a little girl who’s 12, and a little boy who’s 6…
It was drugs that led me to end up on the streets. The ease of everything, not having that sense of responsibility. On and off, it’s been about 17, 18 years—on the streets. I sleep wherever I get tired. But I like staying around the BRB area, over there on the Externa, in the ‘Rat Hole,’ here in front of the Setor.
I usually like to have coffee over in Quadra 2, down there. I have coffee and then stay around here. People come by and help me out, and I end up having a few drinks. I’m kind of tired of street life now, you know? It’s time to get things together. I’m tired of not having a place to stay… exhausted, really.
We don’t get any rest. Because I don’t have a bed, man. That wears you down. You know what I miss? Silence. There are so many bars, with music—at night, during the day—so much noise, shouting. I try staying with relatives, but it doesn’t really work. Man… I feel like I’m a burden, even though I’m their brother.
It’s not my mother, it’s not my father—I just feel like I’m in the way. I’m not afraid of working. I’ve worked with plaster, worked in construction. I like that kind of work. I know that one day I’ll work again, I’ll get back to a normal life. But right now, it’s just not working out.”
“We don’t get any rest. Because I don’t have a bed, man. That wears you down. You know what I miss? Silence. There are so many bars, with music—at night, during the day—so much noise, shouting.”
