I need a dollar baby, a dollar is what i need...

Line, men, women, waiting, huddled, dark, government, cement, gutter, no broken windows, society, wanting a job, building, street light, hats, coats, slacks, duster, windows, "United States Employment Service,"legs crossed, hand in pocket, out of options.

The setting is a street corner in a major city during the early 1930's. There is a long line of people dressed in business clothing that wraps around the block, everyone waiting in the line to see The United States Employment Service. There is not much commotion for the amount of people crammed onto this street corner, and there is not even a car in the street, the people seem as if they have spent all their energy. Two men stand out of the line, one near the street light on the corner waiting to cross the street, the other walks past those standing in line. He is wearing a lightly colored duster and has his hand in his pocket, as if he were safe from whatever is keeping those people so firmly in line. Nobody smiles.