Lord, where are You? 

How can you let this happen?

Without your help we’re all screwed!
 

Don’t you see? this is Satan’s territory!

Demons oppressing every soul…

Tangling them in chains of loneliness, depression and lust

They’re over-taking every man, woman, child, and lady boy
 

See her? With a warm smile she beckons you to join her.

Beautiful beyond compare yet so insecure-longing for love

Constantly must become more attractive
 

Of course it’s a big party. Leave your cares behind

Bright lights, loud music, Thai boxing, endless drinks, stunning girls-

 all lure you into their hegemonic spiral of oppression
 

A seductive smile draws him near

Perhaps playing pool rectifies loneliness

1 game, 2 beers, 3 kisses, and 400 baht ($12)later

they leave hoping to cure the emptiness inside.
 

An adorable 5 year-old arrives

Buy my flower necklace he pleads with puppy-dog eyes.

You resist. He challenges you to a game of connect 4

Saying “I win 20 baht, you win 20 baht”
  

Watch them dance to that sensual song

Attractive feminine bodies sway to and fro

 Looking at the lady boys you wouldn’t know

 That’s not how their bodies naturally grow
 
Vanity.

I’m hot. My body finally fits me

Others may despise me

See that nude photo on the wall…its me.
 
 
Elephant walks by…you can buy food to feed it. Look! Its got a blinking tail light!

 
All they want to do is fxxx and steal your money…
 

Broken small talk….

What more to say?

Can I make a difference?
 
Looking for love, value, friendship, and hope.
 Will it come? Will tonight be different?
 Maybe. Or maybe its just a lost cause

The wedding ring doesn’t stop him,

Or the fact that she’s half his age

Making out is shameless

The bar is his stage
 

Is prostitution legal?

If it attracts tourists and money who cares.
 

Desperate for money. Its more than I’d make at the factory. 

I must support my family. I’d make a good prostitute, right?

Even if it eats me up inside- I need to survive!
 
Elephant walks by…you can buy food to feed it. Look! Its got a blinking tail light!

Like clockwork-every 15 minutes a white man

 leaves with a Thai girl on his arm

his face-anticipation of a sexual escapade

her face-blank
 

Warm. Friendly, inviting, witty , flirtatious, connect-4 masters,

Dead inside.