'Brothel, 1873'

Brothel, 1873

(Inspired by the phrase 'Lady of the night', from the Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable).

Lady of the night takes the man of the day

pleases him quickly and on the way she

turns his body outside in,

she peels back thick layers of skin.

Burying her nose deep she takes

his trousers pockets and she shakes

violently as she hopes to find

the secret that these men must wind

up having somewhere deep below

that has allowed them to grow

and reach heights of her darkest dreams

all whilst being, it would seem

people of the darkest kind,

the dullest character, combined

with belly of beer and faces pale

throats full of themselves and ale

Suits of Savile Row and skin

white as sheets so full of sin

Families full of prestige,

title to pass on to the breed

She searches til her fingers bleed,

as she is so desperate to weed

out what it is that these men do

Which means that they need not whore too.