You remember
when you did that volunteer work
in the barrio
by the expressway
with the hookers
and their diseases
and the abuse?

You remember trying
to convince me
how endangered
the population was
how oppressed the women were,
forced into this life of servitude and sexual degradation?
You remember attempting to enlist me
into the cause?

You do?
Do you remember where you used to find those whores?
It’s just
I’m so lonely
and I really need someone
to talk to.

Also
can I borrow fifty bucks?