The City Scraped the Homes, and: The Train Moves Smooth

"The city scraped the homes" is about the view of various homeless encampments from the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train, and the decisions--personal, societal and governmental--that create the conditions for the people in our communities who find themselves without shelter.

"The train moves smooth" depicts a BART train moving under the San Francisco Bay into San Francisco, a city dramatically changed by tech companies and wealth, and a longing for the way the city was, a past the speaker–also a relative newcomer to the city--never really knew.