Froth

Froth by Odin Roark Come Be my operator Me your camera Medium shot Lower Manhattan sidewalk café He in Armani suit accented with Ferragamo tie She with Jimmy Choo and Prada outfit Both with Latté and croissant Low angle Bottom of refuse chute Zooming up through food trash Hurtling downward Tortillas Rice Chinese vegetables Big Mac wrappers Wide angle Textile floor Sewing machines Steam pressers Dark skin Yellow skin Back to back Fans whirling Sweat flying Finishing food break Quickly down the chute Garbage Traveling Into subway car Dark skin Yellow skin Heads bowed Exhaustion at end Night Manhattan Armani and Prada Dancing Drinking Rolled $100 bill snorts Night Bronx Yellow skin Dark skin Fire escape mattress Bathtub mattresses Wall to wall Families on straw mats Domestic fights next door Depriving sleep Night 52 floors up Skyline view Moonlit bedroom alight Prada with Eye mask Armani with face scrub plaster Seashore CD lulling sleep Wide Night shift Congressional mailroom Rows of paper-shredders Reams of documents Header – “Minimum Wage Proposal” Pages upon pages Shredding into recycle bins Low angle Nightstand projection clock Ceiling lit up with 4 AM TV comes on BBC morning stock report Armani raises head from pillow Puts on glasses Stares at TV screen Removes glasses Manually turns off TV Spoons Prada Sunrise Bronx studio apartment Chinese family lines up One bathroom 15 readying their day Wide Textile floor Steam building up Hundreds of idle sewing machines Prepared Close shot Espresso foam machine Latte cups waiting Froth filling the frame