April 26, 2023:
"This is it. Live, just live."
Is he admiring, or is the tone a subtle dis? Or perhaps something of both?
My biker neighborhood chooses distance from him. They may not experience social confidence amid parents or obvious straights. It's entirely possible though that his aura of incipient violence is actually stronger than theirs. Standing critically observing the largely furniture-less interior of my filial apartment at Abbott and Voltaire.
Graffiti in the laundry room: We love our locked-down homeboys.