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She sells her body
On the street
For the price
Of a Taco Bell
Or White Castle…

When the police find her
Her face smashed and purple
The handiwork
Of some ham-fisted goon
She manages a painful laugh
And says through swollen lips
That it was a Big Mac attack
Officer…

Or whatever his name was
You know
They all look the same to me…

j.h.markowitz
Philadelphia, Pa. 2011