chris. fred. rebel.
chris. fred. rebel. they all work at the show palace.
the show palace
is a sleazy hustling joint across from the big top. it finances a lot
of what the big top cant finance itself. chris explained the show
palace to me like this. you get out on stage and start dancing around
a bit. not much. you pretty much just take off your clothes in a quick
strip routine. never your shoes though. you never want to walk on
stage without shoes. spooge. baby oil. too many nasty things. when
youre naked you go up to someone. you let them feel you for a bit and
start jacking off in their face. then they give you a dollar. chris
usually gives them thirty seconds. if they dont start digging in their
pockets then he moves onto someone else. someone gives him a five he
gives them forty-five seconds. he doesnt have much time on stage so he
keeps moving from person to person. slap it in their face. see if they
give you more money. otherwise. tough luck. meanwhile men sit below
the stage shouting and moaning. "i want to make love to you. i want to
ride you like the wild arabian camel you are. come to me. come on me.
you are an adonis. let me bath in your beauty. let me fuck you up your
ass. i want to fuck you hard. so hard. oh. show me your big throbbing
stick again." sometimes they ask if he does private shows. he tells
them its $120-150 the first hour and $75 each additional hour.
depending if he has a show that night or not. and what you want him to
do. of course, all rates are negotiable. "i want to make passionate
love to you." how much are you willing to pay. twenty dollars. get
lost. gay men are cheap. they expect that you can get anything for a
dollar. they call you a god. they call you an adonis. then they give
you a dollar. an adonis should be worth more than a dollar. he tells
vicki she could be a dancer in a lesbian bar. one called the clit.
chris says lesbians tip much better than gay men. the show palace is a
hustling joint as well. people doing tricks in the bathrooms. the
dressing rooms. wherever. but theyre cheap tricks. gay men are cheap
when it comes to sex. dancers dont get paid at the show palace. they
make what they make in tips. sometimes its four dollars. sometimes its
seven hundred. on the nights its four. hes grateful he lives in a
squat. but its a life. hes not doing it forever. he just wanted to see
what it was like. the experience.
the big top is a much classier joint. fog machines. lights. special
effects. the dancers dance on stage. they rarely get in the face of
the customers. few tricks are passed there. the show palace supports
the big top. it gets all the money and the big top spends it. simple
as that. the big top is a class joint. and then he leaves and i find
out no more.
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