trato de novios

an autopsy of desire

Call It a Trampoline.


Suddenly, things are within reach.

Las salas de masajes—a la vuelta de tu vida.

Follow the rules. They'll even give you a business license.

The tipos get a shot of manhood come payday and in between. Welcome relief for as long as it lasts. Several blocks at least.

The chicas get a trampoline. Suddenly, things are within reach.

School clothes for the kids. Medicines for mom. Izzi. Totalplay. La Comisión. Agua y Drenaje. Un tanque de gas for the kitchen.

"How can something be bad that does good?" they ask.

"Look, every perra should do this for two weeks when she turns eighteen. Not for the money. Do it so you see how this shit really runs. What you're fighting. What it costs to not get ate. You walk out—you don't ask nobody if you're enough. You know."

In broad daylight. At dusk. At 3:00 AM.

Los encargados, wey. Son los blancos. No las chicas. ¡Ufff!

One is random. Two is a coincidence. After that, limpia.

Head shots mostly. Close range. Like somebody is trying to prove a point.

El Buen Fin comes early this year. Dos por el precio de uno.

You can never be too good at marksmanship.

 

BACK.

It hurts. It costs. La máquina no da cambio. MORE.