hedonism

Hedonism  There was a time when ships were hard to handle a crew of thirty-four or more and boys of fifteen  were employed to do the washing up after meals and clean floors A fraught time when hormones rage blatantly we boys met in a cabin for communal maturation to see who could hold it in the longest  I lost and hung my heads in shame There were many whores where ships docked  they liked to steal our youthful innocence and naturally, we let them have their way These days whores are sex-worker and respected  they even have a union  Our ship found its way to Latin America, what a shock, people there were poorer than us The loose girls were desperate to go to Portugal we promised to do our best and write letters to the relevant authority, warmly we're embraced our behavior was exploration, for which I in later years, regret, when the fun was over, we knew we also were exploited when I came home, I was briefly a socialist  demanding free housing, but I preached for def ears I became a self-employed window cleaner  and in fulness of time bought a house of my own  selling a house and buying another become a habit not so fretful lad, the prices, are always going up " Sex without love leaves behind loneliness ."