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credit."
    In the world of street hustlers, I had just been awarded a medal. Oscar did not even know where I lived, had he wanted to collect the money in person. I was very flattered. "I'll be happy to turn a trick with you, Oscar. But, please, don't make me come so fast."
    Oscar looked at me wistfully for a moment, and then grinned broadly. "So you know my secret. OK, I won't make you come."
    "What do you mean, 'secret?' Isn't it obvious to your other clients?"
    "Not to most of them."
    "How come?"
    "They think they are just super horny when they are with me, and that's why they come so fast."
    We went to his place. Some twenty minutes into the action he asked, "Are you ready now?"
    "Give me a few more minutes."
    After a while he asked, "Now?"
    "OK." A minute later, he made me climax. We made a date for the following week. On that occasion, I gave him the money for both sessions.
    There have been two other hustlers in my life who could make me climax when they willed it. I knew, and they knew, that they had the power . My body was the instrument on which they played their sexual rhapsody. When the hustler has a vocation, the sexual encounter becomes magical for the client. One hopes that the hustler enjoys it as well.
     

 
    Chapter 4
    Why Hustlers Hustle
     
     
    SPECTACULAR BUT INADEQUATE PAY
    Full-time street hustlers do not, as a rule, make much money, although it would seem that they are compensated spectacularly for turning a trick. A street hustler who could earn a maximum of $8 per hour (minus deductions) working for a retailer will net $80 for spending an hour or less with a client. Therefore, he will sincerely believe that he is paid handsomely per hour. If he factored in the time he spends, in all sorts of bad weather, waiting for clients, he would realize that he really earns minimum wage for hard and dangerous work. Such insight would force him to admit to himself that full-time hustling is no more lucrative than many other menial jobs he could perform. This is a message that he is loath to hear.
    It is not only the hours they have to put in. The waiting itself can become an extremely dangerous occupation: being attacked by other hustlers or busted by the police are distinct possibilities. How much they earn is, at the end of the day, of little practical importance. Much of it is often spent on drugs, alcohol, and useless trinkets, because this is part of the lifestyle on the street.
    A new face on the street will attract many buyers. A novice hustler may make a tidy fortune during his first weeks on the job. Forever after, he will remember his $500 first day and disdain a regular job where, after deductions, he would earn one-tenth of this amount.
    Hustlers working out of their homes can earn a decent wage, even after deducting their overhead for ads and pager service. However, to do this they have to be willing to answer the phone at all hours, contend with nuisance calls, and have sex after the bars close. For the lucrative out calls, they really need their own transportation. It is not an easy way of making a living, though it circumvents the discipline of the workplace.
    There are, however, two classes of hustlers who do well for themselves: the part-timers and the specialists. Part-time hustlers operating out of their homes after a day's work can be choosier about answering the phone and seeing clients. They already have a salary that pays the rent. As a source of additional income hustling does bring spectacular rewards. This is even true of part-time street hustlers. To the dismay of the regulars, part-timers will take to the street when there is a convention or some such in town. They will do better because they are cleaner, fresher, and more relaxed.
    Specialists are hustlers such as bodybuilders or S/M practitioners with great imagination. There are simply not enough of them to go around. Their devoted worshipers will travel thousands of miles to be with them or will fly them cross-country.
    SELF-IMAGE