the straights , he thought , live in their fortified huge apartment complexes guarded by their guards , ready to open fire on any and every doper who scales the wall with an empty pillow-case to rip off their piano and electric clock and razor and stereo that they have n't paid for anyhow , so he can get his fix , get the shit that if he does n't he maybe dies , outright flat-out dies , of the pain and shock of withdrawal .