Tourists have become predators.

 

Suburban faces 

appraising brown bodies

viewed as nuisances

 

Sallow expressions with narrow

eyes view the neighborhood of

99 cent stories & corner convenience stores

with disdain

 

Avoiding the denizens of

brightly lit streets was not

easy, they see no marvels

in the area

 

As they eye the young men talking at

a nearby table, dressed in baggy clothing,

wondering if they're gang members

as scantily dressed, young women

hang around them 

 

The group wonders & whispers at the

"problems" they see &

make plans to "revitalize" the area,

with the hard-working people

of the hood not in the planning