Alienation

Barry Alpha is a livery-cab driver for Arecibo Car Service based out of Park Slope, Brooklyn on 5th Avenue. He arrives a couple of minutes early and the two of us try to throw everything in. He looks at me and I look back. We shake our heads. It's cold as hell and the luggage won't fit in the back. He's in his late 30s, originally from Guinea and spends 8-12 hours of his days, six days a week, glued to the leather seats of his Dodge Ram, tied to the radio where a guy in his early 20s decides whether or not he will have a customer.