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orichalcum at 02:09pm on 27/07/2005
orichalcum at 02:09pm on 27/07/2005In which Orichalcum resists the temptation to add the last-minute epigram to Chapter V: Do you Know a Meretrix when you See one?
I know you think I'm like the others before
who saw your name and number up on the wall. --867-5309
But that will wait for the Book. When I need not answer as much to the Oxford crowd, which means I can't get away with worse than what is probably my favorite epigram, in Chp. VII: Public Prominence of Prostitutes in the Roman World -
This week’s spotlight will shine on a situation
that has been allowed to exist,
right in the shadow of the state capital:
Texas has a whorehouse in it!
Lord have mercy on our souls!
I’ll expose the facts,
although it fills me with disgust;
please excuse the filthy dark
details and carnal lust. –Carol Hall, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
I know you think I'm like the others before
who saw your name and number up on the wall. --867-5309
But that will wait for the Book. When I need not answer as much to the Oxford crowd, which means I can't get away with worse than what is probably my favorite epigram, in Chp. VII: Public Prominence of Prostitutes in the Roman World -
This week’s spotlight will shine on a situation
that has been allowed to exist,
right in the shadow of the state capital:
Texas has a whorehouse in it!
Lord have mercy on our souls!
I’ll expose the facts,
although it fills me with disgust;
please excuse the filthy dark
details and carnal lust. –Carol Hall, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
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