Candy is my working name
when I work, I make ends meet
some say I’m a little tart
though so many find me sweet

You would never go
to the low places I have been
though you’d likely know
many high-placed men

It’s questionable what I do—
also question who.

D. Avery plays with words at shiftnshake.wordpress.com. Her work sometimes appears in periodicals and publications.