David and I
discuss the move to Kim’s and think that it is a great idea. Anne is over the
moon that I am leaving that she sarcastically says and waves “Bye Bye” to me, when
I tell her. I restrain myself from punching her in the head and actually count
to ten out loud.
David and I have a great relationship and agree that this should
make it stronger. That night, Kim asks me to meet at 8 Balls at around 11pm
because all her roommates will be there. This will be the first time that I get
to meet them all at the same time.
8 Balls is located on Central Ave about 10 blocks up from Lark Street.
The front of the club is as low key as you get. There is a painting of an 8
Ball on a sign. The glass on the front of the bar is black and you can’t seen
into the bar, once inside, you can only see out.
I grab the handle on the outside door and
pull. Miss Kenny, a nine foot tall African American drag queen who looks like
Tyra Banks, is wearing a tight tan catsuit with a pony tail pulled high on her
head, is blocking the second doorway into the club with her body. She stops me and
asks for id. It doesn’t matter that she sees me all the time and knows my name,
he still asks for it. I pull my id out of my pocket and hand it to her.
Miss
Kenny pauses with my id in her hand, and then she clicks on her flashlight to
get an even better look at my picture. “Oh girl, you are Kim’s new boyfriend,
does she know that you are gay?” she says with a sneer. “I’m not Kim’s new
boyfriend.” I say trying to retrieve my id that Miss Kenny is holding in my
face. Miss Kenny quickly pulls her hand back “To each, their own,” she says and
shoos me out of the doorway with the back of her hand.
As I enter the
bar I can see that it is already packed at least three people deep around the
bar. The bar is a big square that sits in the front and center of the room. I
can barely see the heads of the bartenders as they work. The bouncer tonight is
sitting on the inside of the bar near the window. He is a big fat guy who sits
with an unlit cigar hanging out of his mouth, the place is packed and yet I can
hear him snoring.
There are additional
bar tables and stools lining each side of the club. Towards the back of the
club and on the left hand side of the room is a glass enclosed DJ booth. The DJ
Booth sits on a plexiglass dance floor that lights change with the beats of the
music. The DJ tonight is the owner David, he barely looks up from his
turntable. Directly across from the DJ Booth are two bathrooms neither one has
a sign so they both get used for the Men’s room and to do various drugs.
Someone is clearly smoking a joint somewhere.
Kim zips by me
carrying a bucket of ice by the handle. She is so short that the bucket keeps
hitting the floor, causing the ice to jump out of it. She hurries by me and
purposely bumps me with her hip. She pauses about three feet away from me and
turns and smiles in my direction. ‘Are you ready?” she asks me.
Tonight, Kim
outlines her eyes in liquid mascara and pulls the line out as far as possible,
giving that “cat look” to her eyes. Around her neck is a purple bandana that
sits on top of her leopard print long sleeve shirt. Her pants are tight and black;
she has slipped her pant legs into black boots that come up mid shin. Kim looks
amazing. Her hair is short in the front and long in the back. The colors
represented, are orange, black, white and purple.
She motions with her head for me to follow her up to the
bar.
To be continued…..
Geoffrey Doig-Marx holds all written and electronic rights to his writing "A Day in the Life". It can not be reprinted in part or whole without his written consent.
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