Jack Kerouac wrote:
Neons, Chinese restaurants
coming on –
Girls come by shades
And my answer is the following American sentence
As neon-lights comes on, the streetwalkers seek the shade of back-alleys
From Wikimedia Commons
Writing about living in two places (and times)
Poems & Stories from The Author Stew
practising for a whole life
haikai poetry matters
Running in the slow lane
The view from here ... Or here!
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein
chronicling my quarter life crisis
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Superbly clever…fits that style too…
Ah. thank you.. yes the grittiness — that one catch me the most…
Awesome poem. Fantastic!
I’ve always been a fan of the beat movement especially “Jack Kerouac” he has a style of his own future and beautiness.
A beautiful American Sentence … you are a master in this way of writing/composing.
Bjorn, You painted the scene. I could see it. Well done.
Susan
what a beauty!
Such a masterful and fitting response Bjorn
Reminds me of a city I used to live in… on one visit my hubby had to walk down a …district street and even during the day he was proposed to! For several ‘goods’ and ‘services’!
Yes in some cities you feel like prey — but both parties are usually too ashamed… In china I have experienced girls clinging to me.. mostly scary
Hubby, working for a different company – was in China – twice. But mostly in a factory. Tourism was not on the agenda. And he learned that the hot tea brought to the lunch table in the factory was not so much for drinking, but for sanitizing ones chopsticks.
Masterpiece!