![]() My first task is to find a place to live. ![]() I am "baby," "honey," "blondie," and, most commonly, "girl." In this parallel universe where my father never got out of the mines and I never got through college, Happily, though, my fears turn out to be entirely unwarranted: duringĪ month of poverty and toil, no one recognizes my face or my name, which goes unnoticed and for the most part unuttered. I am terrified, especiallyĪt the beginning, of being recognized by some friendly business owner or erstwhile neighbor and having to stammer out some explanation of my project. ![]() Soon realize, is that it's not easy to go from being a consumer, thoughtlessly throwing money around in exchange for groceries and movies and gas, to being a worker in the very same place. Mostly out of laziness, I decide to start my low-wage life in the town nearest to where I actually live, Key West, Florida, which with a population of about 25,000 is elbowing its way up to the status of a genuine city. ![]()
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