Dove Season (A Jimmy Veeder Fiasco) - Plot & Excerpts
And when you live on the border, it’s always tempting. Mexico has a lenient drinking age and booze aplenty. Drugs are everywhere. Women are available and willing. And for the kids, firecrackers, switchblades, and Roman candles are abundant. Hell, you can buy Cuban cigars. You can go to a bullfight, a dog fight, or a cock fight if that’s your pleasure. What is fun and illegal in the U.S., Mexico gladly offers in a semi-legal, slightly dangerous way. If the law looks the other way, then is it really illegal? Mexicali is a fairly normal city in the day. A great place to shop, grab a bite to eat, and see the sights. It could be trouble, but it didn’t have to be. Nighttime was a different story. Most of the activity was a varied form of trouble. In high school, we used to call twenty-dollar bills “Get Out of Jail Free” cards. I could vividly remember the last time I was in Mexicali. Not coincidentally the closest time I had ever come to being thrown in a Mexican jail. I was in the back of the police car in handcuffs and everything.
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