Joe Swilley

Ground Zero

The year is 2019, June 21st in Des Moines, IA. An African American man, ~25 years of age, is standing front row in a dark hole-in-the-wall bar in awe of a cover band singing The Beatles. The hanging lights are awkwardly spaced from each other with a bar sitting to the left side with a broken neon sign placed in the center. Each member of the band is smiling exuberantly wearing this fancy, gold plated, mechanical heart implants in the front of their chests glowing a bright, red light.