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Red Lipstick

She walks the streets
in sky-high heels
and see-through strips of fabric
soliciting, and turning tricks like
ruby  tubes of lipstick --
she cashes in flat on her back,
(or sometimes on all fours)
remembering her father's words,
"Red lipstick is for whores!"