Adviisory: There are some adult issues here
She stood on street corners she hung out in bars
Wore skimpy dresses and shirts without bras
Looking for custom, immune from the stares
Just doing her work and peddling her wares
They drove by in their cars leaning out of the seat
Just like an auctioneer, judging the meat
Wondering whether to splash out some cash
A quickie, then home, a bit of a dash
She’s just another bright student suffocated by fees
Offering her body but never to please
Risking her life each night as she stands
Needing to take the cash from their hands
She stands next to bright Alice a single mum
Attracting the customer with a wiggle of the bum
They stopped her benefits, never gave her any choice
It’s a nasty world when they take away your voice
Down the road is Lorraine thrown out of the door
By a husband who left her covered in gore
There is no refuge in this small country town
So she plays a school ma’am with cane and gown
That is Sue in red stockings, in debt to a loan shark
Who wished to abuse her with gropes in a park
She’s just trying to earn a living to be free
From a careless past that left a pile of debris
Then there’s June there, it’s her occupation
She’s into bondage for those with motivation
Chains or a rope, some say she’s a whore
She seems to attract her fair share from the Law
I’ve heard judgement from judges, priests and the Law
Malicious conversation with a hatred for the whore
Now somewhere I’ve read about casting the first stone
Are our lives really so different if we cut to the bone?
The celebrity wife who cheated the husband who abused
The politician who groped and his supporters were amused
The uncovered dark deeds of a priest who never atones
What a strange world that we live in when we rush to cast stones
Copyright: David Hopcroft June 2019