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The Tenderloin

I’ve lived up 
till now
with my thumb
in life’s eye
In reckless
abandon
I shucked
and I jived

No virgin
was safe
no harlot
denied
The wages
of sin
my fortune
— allied

(Dreamsleep: October, 2024) 

Copyright © Kurt Philip Behm

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