Every profession has an eleventh commandment. The one thing not in the rule book which should be adhered to. The eleventh commandment though is not sacrilegious; it can be broken, but with heavy consequences. In our trade on the streets,…
Month: April 2024
Episode 17: The Man In The Jalopy
There are those contradictory sayings about first impressions and judging people. For instance, there is the saying first impressions are lasting impressions and don’t judge a book by its cover. Perhaps it’s the realization that there can’t be a universal…
Episode 16: Why I Became A Prostitute – An Attempt
Often I am asked by readers of this blog why I chose to become a prostitute. And quite a number of times I have set out to write my reasons for choosing to engage in this particular kind of pleasure…
Episode 15: Things I Carry In My Handbag
The last few days I had been, anonymously, attending a workshop where all the women participants had this urban, suave, and sophisticated talk as if they were all living the good times. Something about the way they carried themselves didn’t…
Of A Bucket, A Brand & A Kid
On Valentine’s Day, I wanted to sleep with a married man. I was sure one would pick me up on his way home to deliver roses and gifts to his beloved wife. I fantasized about the moment when having sex…
Episode 14 (Final Part): Why I Chose The Street
The true value of a prostitute is based on male perceptions. Such manifest themselves in different ways. In essence, there is not much difference between a girl in a downtown brothel and one upmarket. The downtown girl may even offer…
Episode 14 (Part 2): Why I Chose The Street
So where was I? Yes, this girl reciting Yeat’s second coming. She was sitting among a group of men, who seemed more than awed. The men bought beer and she recited more poems. I knew the Yeats poem very well.…
I Am Not The Faded Beauty
On Tuesday I received an email alerting me of a sound clip, supposedly done by and circulating on the internet. The sender, who had attached the sound clip, also informed me of a stall in an exhibition hall along Moi…
Episode 14 (Part 1): Why I Chose The Street
At some point, early in my career, I was naive enough to think a good education would give one an edge in the trade. I was partly thinking of myself and a lady I had met at the Sabina Joy;…