THE DOGFACE I KNEW

“Dogface” – ai rendition of my description of dogface as an actual dog – 2025

DOGFACE ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE A DOG.
HIS FACE IS THAT OF A MEAN PITBULL.
THERE IS HATRED IN HIS EYES.
HIS POCKMARKED FACE IS ALWAYS SHINY WITH SWEAT AND OIL.
HE GRIMACES, ALWAYS.
HIS LEFT EYE GOES OFF TO ONE SIDE; IT IS COVERED BY A THIN YELLOW FILM.
HIS SHOPPING CART, OR “BUGGY” AS THEY CALL IT, IS THE ONE WITH THE TWO TRASH CANS WITHIN IT.
ONE TRASH CAN, A PLASTIC ONE, IS MINT GREEN COLORED. THIS TRASH CAN HE USES AS A DRUM.
HE ONCE TOLD ME HE PLAYED IN A BAND (MAJOR-NAME BAND, SOMETHING RELATED TO PRINCE).
HE HAD A RECORDING DEAL.
HE ONCE HAD A REAL LIFE.
AROUND 1990, HE GOT INTO ROCK COCAINE. HE’S BEEN DOGFACE FOR A WHILE—THE DOGFACE I KNOW.

Tales from south central – 1996

I asked ai to render his face as an actual person and this is very close, eerily similar to the actual man i met during my stay in south central.