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Question: Three for Heather - suggestions please!?
Heather’s Deepest Fear

This one gets his money’s worth,
reveling
in the spasm of violence
which will go untold
and unavenged;

her occupational hazard!.


Heather’s Night in Jail

Last night, Heather
spent the night in jail!.
Shaking, sweating, she called the man, made bail!.
The police confiscated
all she had!. So when
they let her go
she hit the streets again!.


Heather’s First Hit

Heather rises
in the warm of the afternoon,
trembles as she surveys her room,
dank and grimy,
rented by the week!.
She blindly gropes for the coffee
she doesn’t even bother
to re-heat
and for the first hit of the day!.


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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
I am so happy you posted these three together because they point to the routine, violence, and depravity of the prostitute's daily existence; these three taken together could represent a single day, and that realization is stark, disturbing, and arresting (pardon the pun) all at once!. Your language is thoroughly modern and very direct -- nothing elliptical about this offering, nothing to sort out, save how she came to this predicament!. A terse and powerful triptych that stays with the reader!. Well penned!.Www@QuestionHome@Com