a Pleasure Isle rival
Sodom as in analog of olden site of vice;
shebeen a lower rental range, decrepit.
brothels promise slick vagines, you leave 'em drained of dollars, drained of testes, feeling tristy.
casino as a temple ode to Capitalism, site of hallowed money rites, & solemn for a mindless god of Chance.
astrogals are dice throws: dicey when you’re known as Mr. Nicey, Master Nicely!
craps is from the Fraunch, for the crooner Jean Crapauds: Proprietor famoose of a Montreaux, or was it Monaco—Macao now—casino.
am homing in on Gamers who are famous in the Game of Life.
the famous as they're known on all the “Realty Shows”.
early days of Fame: ee's onna Tellaviddee, luvv!
latter days of Fame, ee's in our edds, uggh.
you know who i mean, sure!
sure u do: he's got these hands, “grabbing stuff”, handling things.
sure you know him: gotz these eyes, they’re [google-eyed, i'm panning] taking light from his enviroNS.
-THAT guy, YES! i HATE that guy, project upon him ALL MY SELF-LOATHING!
i'm hereby set to write it true, the history of Shanghai1—a Pleasure Isle rival to Paree's Belle o' Pique, or to Denver at the heighth of the Gold Rush, a coked-up Gold Room.
really, Paul French is. see City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai, 2018