Austin to Tucson: hitting the road -- Tucson to La Puente: the desert rat -- Los Angeles: pounding the pavement -- San Gabriels and Hollywood -- To Austin -- Temporary arrangements -- On dumpster diving --Summer in Austin: dog days on the street -- Phlebitis: at the public hospital -- Alcohol, drugs, and insanity -- On institutional parasitism -- Eviction -- Daniel -- Lizbeth on death row -- To Hollywood again -- In the bamboo -- A roof over our heads.
