Numbed on drugs she gets no kicks
fatigued she won’t be playing tricks
again on sleazy dudes; on pricks
she loathes; on normal men; a mix
of jeans and middle-class; the bricks
and mortar that to nations stick;
to inequalities that she can’t fix.
Prostitution by Paul-Albert Besnard
Here is a Quadrille with 44 words including the fix. Lot’s of good rhymes. More at dVerse.
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May 18, 2020
Björn Rudbergs writings 
This could so easily been two hundred years ago, or just yesterday.
Lots of good rhymes, indeed. And I’m with Carol – this could be history, or yesterday.
I really like the way you slip the line endings to allow that relentless rhyme to beat on. Excellent poeming.
I admire the rhyming verses Bjorn. Still relevant today as it has been in the past. Some inequalities we can’t really fix.
Well, I keep having to run the troubleshooter, which resets the Wireless network adaptor for a while before it goes off again, so I’m typing quickly! I like the rhyme in your quadrille, Björn, and the dark undertone.
Nice description of an economy based on addiction.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Great rhyming, alas at the expense of a lady of the night!
Such a well-crafted poem. Offering so much to each reader to reflect from our own perspective. I really love the drumsticks rhyme/beat in that relentless pace (which seems to show all that is emerging now and with it the awareness that the time for playing tricks has quite disappeared. Things are getting real.)
I’m with Victoria on this. Things are getting real.
It’s already been said, but it’s sad how true this is of today, despite how sanitised we pretend our world is
Bricks and mortar that to nations stick…sad, isn’t it?
A mix of jeans and middle class…oh I love that. Definitely not fixable. (K)
Interesting rhyming Björn
Stay safe
Much💙love
kaykuala
to inequalities that she can’t fix.
No way she’s going to get it easy, not now!
Hank
I enjoyed the ending rhymes and I don’t think there are any easy fixes today.
I love all the rhymes, and that last like packs a punch.
The junkie fix quadrille. Dark and moody 🙂
The fix is in … the picture you paint, the story you tell!!
Gritty and truthful Bjorn.
Unfortunately a timeless theme. Love the rhymes.
Curious fix on a nasty necessity of trade with the unscrupulous (with increase in hard times).
So poignant, the oldest trade in the world.