Street Walker



Walking the streets
All she needed was work
A smart young girl
Had a job as a clerk

Now she walked the streets late at night
Fumbled for money
Trying to find a home
Someone gesturing at her calling honey

Knowing this was her way out
Her fastest way to money
So she buried her pride
And sold her body

Still walking the streets
No way out
This is the only choice she had
As she stumbled about

No soul left to hold on
No faith left inside
$20 …that's all it took

Still walking the streets
No way out
This is the only choice she had
As she stumbled about
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Submitted on October 15, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme abxb xcxc dcec ADFD xex ADFD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 530
Words 111
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4

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