Dedicated to the nameless sex worker whose true story moved me beyond this jumble of words...

Behind the safe veil of the night
I am
The mother he suckles
The father he fears
The daughter he adores
The son who obeys
The brother who comforts
The sister who indulges
The friend who listens
The Goddess he reveres
Under the naked Sun
I am
The filth he abhors
He a stranger
My regular customer.