Status Updates From Loca

“Sal wants to believe the ice cream shop is a gay haven. But his cramped wrist. Goth Derek’s attitude, overzealous customers. It’s all bullshit, Sal thinks. Just Lena’s way of grieving for her friend. Because that’s what people do with the dead, turn them into symbols to serve the living. The world is cruel. Sal wishes more people would accept that. He dumps the unfinished cone in a nearby garbage can.”