Biola University
Let's workshop this poem about a naïve undergraduate student possessed by a savior complex strong enough to have him think chivalrous actions will transform the life and choices of a prostitute
Biola University
The virgin thought taking
the prostitute out to dinner
(lilies, door openings, ice cream)
would squall away
the poor-choice haze he imagined
led her to life as she knows it—
have her weeping in such thanks
that she would deny him
sex until the wedding night.
