To the point

I could not leave town without paying my respects inside the Cathedral. Afterwards, I bought an ice cream bar and sat on the plaza to observe the people idling the time. I sat under the shade of a tree and struck up a conversation with a very nice man.

After touching on several subjects, I inquired about the street adjacent to the plaza, where the ladies of the night converge to incite the lust of those passing by.

-¨Oh that place? There are even 70 and 80 year old women working that street.¨

My mouth gaped open on its own accord. -¨Have you ever paid one of those women for…you know? ¨

-¨Oh, not the grandmothers, although she always asks me if I want to go inside the rooms. But, yes, I have paid some of the girls.¨

-¨So, what are the rooms like? Do they have air conditioning? It’s so hot here. I can imagine how it gets when it’s 120 Fahrenheit!”

-¨There is only one bed, no air conditioning, nor bathroom. Some girls use a bucket to wash up, and then on to the next client. But you know those elder women, are actually cleaner, because they are not as active as a young woman. Therefore, she is likely to be cleaner than one who is more solicited. When it gets very hot, it’s just heat, generating more heat – It’s like a steam room.¨ He laughed.

-¨Do they use condoms? ¨

He shrugged his shoulders and said, -¨ It all depends on the price. They might ask for $300 pesos for withholding protection, and some will likely agree to it.¨

-¨As a woman, I cringe at the thought of living in purgatory to make a miserable wage.¨

-¨I am a small business owner. Sometimes I come here to hire people, and one young girl asked me if I was giving stuff away. I told her that I was offering a way to make money from home. She said to me that she was here to sell sex, and whoever wanted to could follow her.

See those men there? Some of them are in their 70´s or even 80´s and they keep young girls. They give them some money and they spend the day together.¨

-¨Hmm…can they still get it up at 80?¨ Inquiring minds want to know.

-¨Not likely.¨

-¨So, then…what´s involved?¨ I asked to pass the time.

-¨Just oral. They get to play a little, and the girls go away happy with some money.
Do you have a telephone number? Can I call you sometime? Maybe we can meet next time you come back.¨

Not likely to ever come back here I thought.

-¨Sure, maybe when I come back we can do the route of all the cantinas and dance halls. That should be at the very least interesting.¨ I said this as I took his business card and bid him goodbye.










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