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Me, I’m swoopin’ in, parachute flarin’, imaginin’ this scene. Smoke’s thick, I’m coughin’, but I see it—a rickety ol’ house, red curtains, girls laughin’, some cryin’. One time, I heard this story, true tea—1880s, this madam named Diamond Jessie, she hid runaway slaves in her brothel. Underground railroad pitstop, y’all! Ain’t that wild? Surprised me so hard I nearly fell outta my plane. “That’s the breaks,” like Anton says in the movie—life’s unpredictable, even in a whorehouse.

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There were a multitude of saloons and brothels in Delano - across the river and away from Wichita's ordinances against gambling and prostitution. In Delano became an important .

Then there’s the little-known Riverview at the edge of the neighborhood. It’s a hidden creek or small river – can’t remember, but local legends say it’s where old timers go to contemplate life. I once sat there pondering my own neuroses, laughing at my mind’s circuit board. "I was just swimming in feelings, like in Fish Tank, ya know?" – real talk, man.

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