Sestina

ITS NOT ENOUGH TO BE STRAPPED BY THE CUFFS
TO THE GROCERY STORE BUGGY THAT CLICKS LIKE A WHIP
STRAIGHT BUSINESS DOWN THE AISEL AS A WHORE
CATWALKING THE DANK CITY STREETS, CARTING
HER GOODS TIL THE HONK OF A HORN
ALERTS THE ALLURE OF SEX AND FAST CASH

BUT STRAPPED AND TRAPPED BY THE CASH
WE STILL GLANCE ASKANCE AT OUR CUFFS
BEFORE POUNDING THE WHEEL AND THE HORN
SCARING THE LAGGERS AND DREAMERS WITH WHIPS
AND THREATS THAT WE’LL PUT THEM IN CARTS
WITH THE LUNIES AND COLOREDS AND WHORES

CAUSE NOBODY THINKS THAT THEY’RE A WHORE
SUCKING STRANGERS’ COCKS FOR CHANCE AND CASH
OR SIMPLY A RIDE IN THE LUXURY CART
WHERE FOLKS PLY FANCY BUTTONS ALL OVER THEIR CUFFS
TO SHOW THAT THEY’RE RICH AND THUS HOLD THE WHIP
WHICH HECKLES AND HOLLERS FAR MORE THAN THE HORN

‘CAUSE FOLKS AIN’T SCARED OF THE HORN
WHEN ITS MERELY BLOWN BY THE STREET-WHORES
FOLKS ONLY SCARED OF THE BITE OF THE WHIP
WHEN IT STRIPS AWAY THE HASH AND THE CASH
FORCING A BODY TO ROLL UP THEIR CUFFS
AND WORK IN THE FACTORY THAT MAKES THE CARTS

WHERE LIFE IS AS FRAGILE AS EGGS IN A CARTON
AND NOBODY’S WEALTHY ENOUGH FOR A CAR WITH A HORN
WHERE HEADS ARE SEVERED BY FAST FISTICUFFS
AND PINNING THE PAWS OF THE WHORES
TO THE BED BEFORE RUNNING AWAY WITH THEIR CASH
IS NOT STRAYED BY THE THREAT OF THE WHIP

BUT BACK INTO SHAPE WE’LL ALWAYS BE WHIPPED
TO RETUN TO THE LINE TO PUSH THE CART
OR SWEAT FOR THE CHANCE OF MAKING SOME CASH
UNTIL FIVE O’CLOCK WHEN THE ROAR OF THE HORN
PERMISSIVES THAT SOME MAY GO HOME TO THEIR WHORES
WHO WILL DUTIFULLY LICK THE BLOOD FROM THEIR CUFFS

BUT THE CRACKING OF WHIPS AND THE BLARING OF HORNS
WILL EVENTUALLY PERSUADE ALL US CART-PUSHERS AND WHORES
TO RESIGN ALL HOPES OF STASH AND CASH, THAT OR CHANCE THE STRICTURE OF CUFFS.