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Don’t Feed the Bad with the Bad 🥷 — A Hood Chronicle
Plastic Man meets judgement at a farmers market and learns a harsher truth: feeding bad energy just multiplies it. This Hood Chronicles entry is a choice to rebuild with respect, discipline, and faith. Continue reading
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Then He Was Gone 🥷 — A Hood Chronicle
Follow me on X: @punisherpapi · IG: @punisherpapi A puff of smoke rises from the grid of South Central L.A. Let it swirl — a signal, a ghost, a memory finding its way back through time. This story takes place in a faraway place — where casino lights never sleep, and the call girls wander the desert nights… Continue reading
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“Two Brothers, Hollywood Night”
Follow me on X: @punisherpapi · IG: @punisherpapi 📓 Monday, October 6, 2025 – 2:51 p.m. Last night, a bit past ten o’clock, my younger brother Victor asked me to drive. He wanted to see Hollywood at night. Hollywood streets were half closed under construction — flashing cones, neon bleeding against cracked sidewalks. I drove while he sat… Continue reading
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Why I Still Care (Plastic bag man)
English Version Follow me on X: @punisherpapi • IG: @punisherpapi 📓 Monday, September 8, 2025 6:55 p.m. Sometimes people burn me. You’d think I’d learn my lesson by now. They take a case and don’t pay. They dodge my calls, act like the $90 they owe doesn’t exist. And still… I care. I don’t even know why, exactly.… Continue reading
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“Hot as all kinds here in LA”
English Version 📓 Sunday, September 7, 4:03 p.m. Illustrated & written by Roberto Sanchez Follow me on X: @punisherpapi • IG: @punisherpapi Sitting under the cool shade of a tree near Crenshaw… it’s been so hot. Decided to take a break. Slow day. Selling bags in LA can burn you out. Sometimes literally — when it’s in the 90s.… Continue reading
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“Happy Liquor Happy man”
English Version Follow me on X: @punisherpapi · IG: @punisherpapi 📓 Friday September 5, 2025 8:03 p.m. South Central. Corner of Avalon. Sun still high, 6:17 p.m. — not midnight, not hidden. Daylight. I parked in the shade. Thought nothing of it. Pulled out my cases for a liquor store delivery. Happy Liquor Store. Funny… Continue reading