For the first time in 3 months, all was well. The sun’s rays felt comfortably warm. Then my phone buzzed. Our water bill that had always been around 400 pesos had hit 18,000 pesos. We did water test but no leak detected. So there must have been an error. But I know the water will be disconnected anyway until we pay up. The water company won’t admit there’s been an error. Poverty eats people alive. It robs people of dignity, wounds the body, crushes the spirit. Lord, I’m tired.