kid

so theres this kid and friend i always see hanging around the front of the building...

today coming back from the dentist i ask him hey do you guys have any smokes? . . . goes on to give me one, natives, and i say hey if you kids ever wanna come and hang upstairs its -insert apt no. here-
. . . a while later they come up and knock. kid turns out to be kind of a horrific survivor story. kid and vietnamese (thought he was a flip) guardian/friend. so they are 16. go to the high school down the street. kid lives with mum few blocks away and visits gramma who is the old lady smoking outside all the time..... dad used to be the super but failed and flip admin took over and he quit.. so lives with brother (kids uncle)... kids mum lives with on/off boyfriend roger for 7 years. since roger, mum kicks kid out at least once a month for 1-2-3 days at a time. when this happens, he cant stay at grammas cos gramma lives with another old lady who is 97 and their place is really dirty (gross for a kid to say that), he cant stay with dad cos he is just crashing at his brothers, so kid literally stays out on the street till his mum lets him back home. it is just heart wrenching. he was kicked out christmas eve, kids friend tells story of one time they just played hockey all night when kid was put out...then they got arrested cos they were playing hockey...kids friend gets charged with possession of narcotics when its actually a piece of leaf debris in pocket.... i tell kid, kid if you need a place to crash when that happens you come and stay here. so its sealed. i told them look you guys can hang here and you kid can stay here when youre put out but this is my shit and if you touch my shit i will beat the crap out of you. haha i dont know if thats proper behaviour or what but these kids, man... this is the kind of kid i was? wtf seriously.... wednesdays a late start so they left now and i told them to go to school which starts at 1:58... this morning kids mum kicks him out and tells him dont come back till 1:30. kids mom kicks him out at 8am and tells him not to come back till 1:30pm when its a late start school day. seriously? man life sucks.

Ive always felt scared of all this needing
Everyone that Ive met has been somewhat mistreated
Thats how it feels when you know somethings wrong.....


got some smokes off kids gramma now and they are gone so just enough time to finish up a few things.. and meet up with an old friend i knew back in manila! hes having a show at some gallery here in toronto. new york artists in toronto or something like that.. anyway yeah i havent seen buddy in like what over 12 years. . . almost forgot actually. frik have to waaaalk it is so far damn. my bike is where i am going. ugh so i have to leave fairly soon. need to get ready. omg ok get ready and then finish the stuff. fast. got caught up with kid and ironing my thoughts. seriously need to get some stuff up on the site and will get stuff up tomorrow. meanwhile... shop on the danforth? stay tuned....