Expensive Whores

i’d forgotten how much she enjoyed being beaten;
being cared for enough that energy would be expended.
I’d forgotten what the expenditure of energy meant for her:
a budget of love that could be deposited into her.

I can appreciate that money won’t get into her pants,
& I can really appreciate how slapping her might.
Whores are pretty cheap, I’ll attest to that,
But a whore who takes payment in suffering?

That takes lifetimes to accrue,
and never fits in a wallet.