Things I've Seen In The Loin

by Randi Pucak

Tenderloin Hotel
  1. A man's shirt hanging in the trees by the playground
  2. The side walk sale where you swear you just threw out those exact shoes last week.
  3. The random man running around pushing his chest against the window of a bar with nothing on but a bra.
  4. A group of tourists looking lost and a little on edge with a huge fold out map opened up.
  5. The random flyers featuring "lost" items.
  6. Public urination.
  7. Street Sheet sales employees
  8. Signs that say no loitering where children congregate under penalty of law
  9. Flocks of flying rats (i.e., pigeons) looking oh so hungrily at the people passing by... waiting to strike the unexpected.
  10. Porno sign that reads "POCKET ROCKET BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND"
  11. Not so sneaky crack smokers (surprise, we can still see you with your back turned to the road).
  12. Signs that read "adults may not enter park unless accompanied by a child"
  13. Man walking his dog and only having the brown paper bag from his 40 to pick up the poop with
  14. The glistening lights from the porno theaters
  15. Groups of men ready to holler at all women walking by regardless of how bad they look or what time of day it is. (In case you are wondering, women don't want to be hit on at 6:30 in the morning on their way to work)
  16. Rug store that has been going out of business for over 3 years.
  17. And last but not least the loins mouth staff running around getting into god knows what.