By appearances.
He's also quite older. (they have more money,
Young ones tend to cheat you.)
We are face-to-face.
I raise my clothes above the knee.
I can get away with that.
That's the big draw..
Like flies to the light
The guys are drawn to us goats...
The John is certainly standing over there.
He is staring. He winks. Now I'll go right by him...
I think: he will give me a big piece of gold.
Then I get drunk in secret on expensive liquor,
That's still the best: sometime--alone
To be drunk quietly, for myself--
Or I can buy new shoes...
I won't have to go around in mended socks--
Or... sometime I won't go out walking the streets.
And take a rest from the guys--
Or... I'm already looking forward to this...
I'm so happy--
Here comes Kitty.
And scares the man off.



The Drunkard


One must guard oneself ever so carefully against