2nd January 2026

 

promises

made to nightly demons

forgotten by morning

© Rachel Green January 2026

The Ubiquity of Prostitution

One grows up all too fast without a mum

and self-destructive ways dost fill thy head

when at a tender age thy life feels dun

for the god that though believeth in be dead.

At fourteen years thou tried thy very best

to be grown-up enough to face the world

but thou were but a child put to the test

and on thy back a demon's wings unfurled.

The ghost of Jimmie Dean thou takes as thine

a pack of smokes and leather jacket clad

but for these costly ventures though must mine

the baser natures other adults had.

 The money that thou made when school was shut

 assisting men behind the cricket hut.

 

© Rachel Green January 2026