SHE WAS ONLY 14 WORKING DENNY'S IN SOUTH ,MIAMI 1972. WE WE'RE IN THE LADIES ROOM. AT FIRST I'M THINKING; THANK FUCKIN' GOD WE'RE HAVIN' A PRETTY SLOW NIGHT. THE KID DRAWS ME OUT OF MY HEAD, SHE'S MAKING A LITTLE KEENING SOUND LIKE A HURT ANIMAL KEENS. SHE DON'T LOOK SO GOOD, HER KNEES ARE SHAKING LIKE CRAZY AS SHE STRATTLES THE TOILET, HER FACE IS PASTY AND DRAWN, HAIR SRINY WET LIKE ALGAE CLINGING TO A PALE ROCK, BUT THOSE PLEADING EYES, SISSY! SHE CALLS ME SISSY CAUSE SHE AINT GOT NO ONE SEE. Sisssssssy111 THRER IS SO MUCH BLOOD. I TELL HER HOLD ON KID WE'LL GET YOU SOME HELP. I TELL HER THAT BUT ASK MYSELF BUT WHERE??? I RUN INTO THE DINNING AREA, SHIFT'S ALMOST OVER BUT HERE COME THE PAINTED ONES IN THEIR USUAL FLAMBOYANCE ASKING FOR THEIR FAVORITE LITTLE WAITRESS PATCHES. THESE DRAG QUEENS LOVE HER! I DON'T GET IT, SHE TOLD ME ONCE TO LIGHTEN' UP SIS' THEY'RE PEOPLE TOO. ANOTHER SCREAM AND THE ONE DRESSED FOR A BARBARA STRIESAND REVIEW GRABS ME BY THE SHOULDERS , TELL ME GIRL WHERE'S THE KID ( I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!!) I GRABBED HIM/HER BY THE WRIST. THIS WAY HURRY, THERE IS SO MUCH CHIFFON,HAIDSPRAY, MASCULINITY, AND MY HYSTERIA IN ONE SMALL BATHROOM. PATCHES WAS IN A TINY LITTLE DROOPED OVER HEAP, LOOKING LIKE SHE JUST EARNER HER LAST TIP. BARBARA/RAMONE IMMEADIATELY CHECKED HER PULSE WITH A SENSE OF KNOWING WHAT HE WAS DOING, WHO WOULD OF KNOWN HE HAD BEEN A NAVY CORPMAN. YOU CALL CHIP BACK HERE FOR ME GIRL AND BE FAST . CHIP CAME BONCING BACK CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. TURNED TO RAMONE, NOT MUCH WAS SAID NOT MUCH WAS NEEDED. CHIP WAS BACK IN SECONDS WITH A BLUE SATAN CAPE, IT WOULD DO. RAMONE WRAPPED THE CHILD UP AND WISKED HER AWAY. I CLOSED UP AND CLEANED UP AND WENT HOME CRYING TO MY FAMILY. TWO WEEKS LATTER BACK FROM THE DEAD IN WALKS PATCHES, HEY SISSY, HEY KID YOU LOOK BETTER. YEAH WELL I HEAR YOU GOT RAMONE AND CHIP TO HELP ME. IT WAS NOTHING I WAS SCARED YOU WERE RIGHT. THEY ARE PEOPLE TOO. THEY ARE VERY CONNECTED PEOPLE, RAMONE AND CHIP NEW A LADY FROM PLANNED PARENTHOOD THAT'S WHERE THE TOOK ME, THEY WERE KNID TO ME, THEY GAVE ME SOMETHING TO RELAX ME. EXPLAINED TO ME THAT I WAS HAVING A MISCARRIAGE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BLOOD-TYPE, I HAD LOST QUITE A BIT. THEY SHOWED ME EVERYTHING THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO. HAD ME SIGN PAPERS TO ALLOW THE PROCEDURE. IT WAS OVER IN NO TIME. THE LADY SAID I WAS O- AND WOULD ALWAYS HAVE THAT SHOT AFTER ANY BIRTH /LIVE OR DEAD,OR ABORTION. IT'S WEIRD HUH? BUT THIS ALMOST KILLED ME, BUT I WOUND UP LEARNING HOW NOT TO DIE FROM CHILDBIRTH, AND YOU KNOW I WANT A KID SOMEDAY,YEAH I WANT FAMILY. MY BOYFRIEND DUMPED ME AFTER THIS, BEAT ME UP SAID IT WASN'T HIS HE'S A REAL CHICKEN SHIT FOR A BIKER. SO WHAT YOU DOING TO SURVIVE PATCHES??? WELL RAMONE AND CHIP HIRED ME AS THEIR HOUSE KEEPER, AND KID SISTER SO THRY CAN KEEP AN EYE ON ME AND AS CHIPPY SAY'S WE GONNA LEARN CHU ABUOT DA WORLD CHICA'!!!!`
Reason for writing:
YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE HELP IS GONNA COME FROM, DO YOU???????I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A COUPLE OF WILD AND CRAZY, LOVING AND COMPASSIONATE DRAG QUEENS, ONE JEWISH, ONE CUBAN. THEY WERE HEROS FOR ME,AND A LOT MORE STRICT THAN I COULD OF IMAGEND, I LOVED IT CAUSE IT WAS LOVE.
Birth sign: Leo
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