Vendor Selling Live Chickens Manila Boat

Wet wooden planks of a narrow boat stretch beneath a vendor crouched beside bamboo cages holding live chickens. Feathers in shades of brown and white ruffle against the woven mesh of the cages. A soaked raincoat covers the vendor as hands manipulate the cage doors. Sidelight skims across the rough bamboo texture and the sheen of rain on the wood. Distant haze rests low over the water, softening the horizon where other boats drift. The dark river flows beneath the hull. A drop of water rests on the edge of a bamboo slat, reflecting the pale morning sky.