| back Overheard. “Those bungalows went section 8 two years ago. They got whores over there in those bungalows—San Pedro’s not used to whores. They’re all drug addicts... you know, those drug addicts will do anything to get their drugs—you don’t see drunks doing that.” Fred, neighbor from across the street @ 5:30am after the police helicopter leaves, 4/11/92 “I need new parts... I need baby parts.” Old man at doctors office, 2/98 “So this girl about 3 years-old says to me from a passing car, ‘fuck you.’ I am riding a bike along side. I don’t know how to respond to that. Again she says it, only this time it’s, ‘fuck off.’ Then, again, ‘Fucker.’ Finally, I tell her she shouldn’t talk like that, she might make someone mad. The car slows down, then stops. The driver is a big burley guy, he gets out and heads towards me. I go, ‘look, I just told her not to say that.’ He looks at me as though he doesn’t understand, then he starts using sign language and mutters a barely decipherable, ‘Where is the art museum?’ So I told him.” Kevin Wilkins, 6/20/92 |