Streetwise Page #4

Kim at a pay telephone on Pike Street.

Kim Hi, Sam. This is Kimberly again. So have you decided? Do you want a

date tonight?

Pimps on Pike Street; fragments of a conversation.

Patrice Juan always be lettin' those broads wear his coats and sh*t.

That b*tch ain't gonna listen to him for long. She only break $30 wops.

A Pimp Floyd hit me so goddamn hard, when I woke up, man, it was dark.

I had to ask people around me what had happened.

Patrice What're you talking about? I don't do nothin' for free. I'm a

pimp. I'm goin' out to those high schools and get me some fresh ones.

In a parking lot near Pike Street, Kim talks to Tiny, Erica, and Kevin

about choosing a pimp.

Kim He said, 'If anybody comes to beat you up and I come and save you,

that means you gotta work for me.' I hope he doesn't get somebody to

come beat me up.

Kevin No, he isn't. I'll tell you the truth and this is the honest

truth. With me, you'll be safer, happier and richer.

Erica He'll kill you, OK? He'll ass-f*** you, f*** you in the ear or

anything. I'm serious, don't mess with Patrice.

Kevin I don't know about all that, but I know you're making a serious

mistake.

Tiny Did Patrice try to do anything with you last night?

Kim No.

Erica He shoots up. He's a drug fiend.

Tiny Well, what do you want to do? Who do you want to be with?

Kim I don't know. I'm confused. I don't know who's the right person. I

just don't know.

Tiny He raped me last year, when I first came downtown ...

Erica He raped me too. And he took my money. Up in that hotel, he came

and said he was gonna rob this dude ...

Tiny He took a f***ing coat-hanger and heated it up on the gas heater

and said he was gonna beat me if I didn't take off my clothes. I said,

'I ain't takin' off my clothes.'

Erica We're scaring her.

Tiny We don't mean to scare you. We're just telling you the truth. You

get beat up and some of these girls end up gettin' killed.

Tiny and Erica leave. Kim and Kevin continue to talk.

Kevin People get killed down here, they go to jail down here.

Everything happens down here and none of it's good.

Kim I haven't seen nobody get killed.

Kevin I saw a guy get the sh*t kicked out of him by three n*ggers over

in front of T.J.'s just this morning and get hauled off in the

ambulance. He got the sh*t kicked out of him because he pulled a big

ole steak knife out on 'em. You missed that one, dear, but that was

just this morning.

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