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A Trinity Of Transformation
To all my supporters. I realize this post is very lengthly but it’s necessary so that when going forward in chapters and I refer to things in a certain way, you’ll have an idea what I’m talking about. Thanks for all your support Love you all.
The Beat Game pages 5 6 7
Time goes on as it does and I’ve just been released from jail about 2 hours ago after serving 180 days for assault and battery on my boyfriend, again. This makes 15 times I’ve been arrested and served time since moving to Daytona Beach, Florida 3 years ago.
Daytona Beach Police dahpahtment is racist, sexist and beyond comprehension. They seem to really enjoy locking people up especially women and non white people, it’s a game to them. Hey, and you can forget about getting released on your own recognizance these judges are so currupt and disrespectful, one Judge actually chews gum in his courtroom. Can you believe that fucken shit?!
I had a lot of time to think about my life and I’ve decided I’m sick and tired of going to jail every other month, it’s time for a change. So while being incarcerated this time I kicked heroin for good with no help, cold turkey, no visceral or anything else.
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It’s now Tuesday March 2,1982 and it’s around 4pm. Unfortunately for me every time I get out of jail I have to staht ovah today is no exception; I have no money, nowhere to stay and only the clothes on my back. Life sucks right now.
I am basically a drifter having no roots and
nobody in my life worth loving or anyone
I want loving me. I do have a few drinking buddies and a bunch of acquaintances none of which I’d call friends, including a few Beat-Artists, I sometimes work the beach with. As a rule from personal experience, I don’t trust no one outside the beat game, It’s a weird alliance but it works.
I wasted no time and walked to The Function Junction Club, I am hired on the spot and staht work tonight. Problem is I have no dance outfit or shoes, I gotta get some money.
I took a quick walk down to the beach to see if anyone I knew was out hustling. Luckily for me I see a guy I know named Chico, which by the way has a long-standing crush on me, but I’m not interested he’s not my type at all. He is short & chubby with a Field goal gap between his front teeth..
Anyway Chico is a Beat-Artist, one of the best actually an addict addicted to Dilaudid. It’s a prescription pain killer that acts like heroin for the terminally ill people to which he’s not. Each pill on the streets goes for $40 a pop and after midnight up to 100 bucks! I got straight to the point and asked him if I could TAG (Tagalong ) or FOD
( friend of Dealer) with him? A TAG earns 30% of what ever the Beat-Artist gets. A FOD gets 50%. Chico said ok, Jackie, c’mon lets go. You can FOD. Even bettah I said.
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—How the beat game works.
On Daytona Beach there is free parking, so 99% of the beachgoers drive and pahk on the beach and chill at there ride, usually right in front of it with their beach chairs and coolers. Their vehicle serves threefold.
1. it gives the Beat-Artist seclusion away from other beachgoers when doing deals
2. it almost always means they have money on them, and 3. based on the type of ride they have usually tells how loaded they are.
TAG : a TAG goes along for the entire deal Their job is to agree with everything the beat-artist says nothing more nothing less.
FOD : The job of a FOD is to follow behind the Beat-Artist, at a much slower pace until he or she stops to talk with an interested party goer. At that point the FOD catches up to the Beat-Artist, acting like it’s a coincidence and then acts like they are good friends.
Example: “Hey hey! Steve. That’s Chicos name when he’s working the beach. oh excuse me, a FOD will say to whoever the ‘Beat is talking too. I have been looking for you all day bro, are you coming to the luau tonight,? “I here there’s gonna be a live DJ. and free drinks!” The Beat-Artist will answer the FOD saying of course, wouldn’t miss it. The FOD will then say “I need to speak with you a sec” then motion with a hand gesture indicating a hand whisper but talks in hushed tones loud enough for the tourist to hear.
You know you have the best party favor (cocaine) on the beach side Steve, please bring some with you tonight. * wink wink * That’s basically the routine. Basically by me fluffin “Steves” product, it almost always seals the deal, in that most people want what they don’t have. It sounds like a lot but honestly most of the time if takes only minutes.
So since I am the FOD in this scheme “Steve” and I separated and stahted walkin the beach. We hit a “lick” ( a sale) in less than 20 minutes after teaming up together for $350, plus we scored some weed. So I just made $175.00 bucks plus a dime bag for less than 20 minutes of my time as a FOD.
To be continued…
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