And in Las Mayas, the drugs and guns are a means of day-to-day survival.
Sniffing cocaine off the barrel of a pistol, El Menor repeats his favourite adage: 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.'
He says he is the father of three children 'and I don't know how many more,' but spends his days together with 'Yohan,' the gang's leader, and two others in a shack furnished with a single mattress.
When not in their house, they patrol the slum armed with pistols and sawed-off shotguns, looking out for rival gangs and the drugs that they will later sell. They use guerrilla-like tactics to avoid their enemies, knowing an ambush could lurk around any corner.
'This is how we get by, selling,' says Yohan, as he separates small doses of crack on the mattress.
El Menor has no illusions of anything better coming his way.
'I was a Christian and went to school,' he said. 'But when I stopped studying everything got messed up and the street got me,' he said.
He says he's well aware his time is running out and it seems about every 10 minutes he is snorting more cocaine. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop,' he repeats
Source link: http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iHmnUzBA4Np5H9ePqkx3ok9KaNrg
Any actual relationship I�ve ever been in has just fallen into my lap. There haven�t been very many, but I wasn�t out seeking out anything when the opportunities came along. And few and far between did they come along.
I enjoy getting out, meeting new people and downing a handful of drinks until my peripheral vision is no longer, but I�m not out searching for someone to take home. Because when I finally do get home, I�d rather don the old sweatpants, turn on my iPod and fall asleep to the overly emotional music I love so much. It�s much more simple than having to explain to some unsuspecting young woman why I sleep on an air mattress (I never know when I�m gonna have to ramble on, babe), or why my fridge is only stocked with water, milk and string cheese.
I�d rather leave that mystery back at the bar, bingo parlor or speed-dating locale.
I�m a solitary dude. I like to tell people I live my life like a �70s rock song, but with much more hyperbole and much less possibility of truth
Source link: http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200771129070
Related:
pull the curtains lyrics as Slip covers - Are you happy with ugly?
no boundaries black denim curtains silver rings as curtain call for slms actor is successful kidney transplant
camp mattress as Giro 2008 Corsa: PEZ Sneak Peak!