My Dream of the Scarlet Woman

"Too shy to approach the working girl from across the street I dream of her..."

My day really begins when she leaves her apartment across the street.When I see her in the morning, it appears like she has so much positivity that she dances out of the front door to the small café nearby. That...

For the Love of Pork Rinds

"Lonely hooker lets a john take her home for a night, for a bag of pork rinds."

Receipt (s)Among the dirty laundryAnd cigarette buttsThat basketball shot andMissed the ashtrayAfter being put out on my skin Evidence of our time togetherDingy carbon paperSmeared credit card numberAll left legible was the four We bought magnum condomsPack of smokesBubble tape bubble gumTwo...

Corporate Bodies – Pt 07 – Complicity

"With the Big Deal on a knife edge, every opportunity, however uncomfortable, must be grasped"

Chapter Twenty-EightThere can be few more beautiful sights than the early morning sun rising slowly over the majestic and ancient city of Istanbul. Despite my current anxieties, my chest tightened with emotion as I stood on the balcony of the...

First Night on the Job

"There's a first time for everything... just not this night."

Persephone's nerves were beginning to get to her. This was her first night joining her girlfriend Selene in the world's oldest profession. Her real name wasn't Persephone and Selene wasn't her girlfriend's name but those were the pseudonyms they chose. The room was fancier than...

The Present...Hannah gave me a ride to the hotel to change from my 'wedding rehearsal clothes' into my 'day wear for Danny's house clothes'. I think she appreciated the brief, quiet time she had to herself while I changed clothes before she drove...