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Ray Downs's avatar

I read this in Wong Kar Wai colors.

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Wirrowac's avatar

Wow I loved this :) so thick with noir style. I really thought he was going to be left with a dead Liliana at the end, and have to escape china town in the next episode. Can’t wait for part to

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Dave ♠️'s avatar

Hop Sing’s …I know that from somewhere.. Is it Seinfeld?

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Michael Arturo's avatar

There was a Hop Shing in NY Chinatown that closed in 2020.

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Dave ♠️'s avatar

Must be just one of those names I thought I’ve heard… I’ve been in New York a lot. I may have even gone there who knows, it sounded familiar, but its probably just in my head.

You must miss New York, Michael my youngest daughter is moving there to live with her aunt get into fashion and stuff.

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Michael Arturo's avatar

I miss the obscenity of New York. Also, my family has stretched five generations in Manhattan, three before and one after me, intermingling with every other working-class ethnicity. I could go on for decades with stories. I’ve seen things even I don’t believe I’ve seen. Thank you for taking the moment to read, Dave.

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Dave ♠️'s avatar

I think that’s awesome. You have a deep connection with New York. It’s definitely one of those unique places.. my summer there when I was 16.. I hung out with the doorman at the Leona Helmsley building. He got me a fake ID, I had a blast cruising the city that summer, no parents no siblings… well I hope you find your way back there one day if that’s what you want. 🤙 you write about it in an amazing way, I hope you write a book..

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Michael Arturo's avatar

Thanks, Dave. I’m working on a collection. I might need to consult someone like yourself eventually on how little or how much content-wise and how wide or how narrow tone-wise, since my palette is all over the place.

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Dave ♠️'s avatar

Please, I’ll read anything you need. I’d be happy to help in anyway, and if you wanna self publish, let me know. I can help you with all that format, layout, and all the construction of it. You may already know it all, but just in case I’m here to help..

I love being able to help other writers and artist get to their goals so my door is open.

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Michael Arturo's avatar

"I hung out with the doorman at the Leona Helmsley building. He got me a fake ID.” Yeah, it’s a surreal place, and some things couldn’t happen anywhere else that happen there. I smoked a joint once on the roof of the Plaza Hotel. When I tell that story to someone, it sounds like I invented it, but it happened.

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Dave ♠️'s avatar

No, I believe it 100% do you mean the Trump Plaza that’s like right next to that gold statue at Central Park South?

New York’s one of those places where the most surreal stories are the most real .

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The Ear Implant Foundation's avatar

I imagine somewhere, on some dark corner of the internet, there's a chat room dedicated to dudes with a fetish for women who survived headshots with the bullet still in there.

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Michael Arturo's avatar

You and me gotta have a beer together sometime. No, make that a six-pack. On me.

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The Ear Implant Foundation's avatar

Sounds good, in case I start drinking again.

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