Polaroid Poem by Charles Hancock

Alone, desperate, and unemployed
She agreed to pose for a polaroid
He claimed it was for his personal collection
Therefore, she didn't put up much of an objection

After losing her job at the salon
And with nothing left to pawn
She was in need of some cold, hard cash
So she thought she'd be a little brash

This was going to be an easy five hundred
Which made her decision unencumbered
How she could have been so ignorant
The vulgar image made it to the internet

She couldn't face her family now
The photo of her on a beach towel
Had gone viral and became a pinup
Surely they'd think she's morally corrupt

Oh, the embarrassment and the shame
She took upon herself all of the blame
They found tear stains on the note
Smudging the words that she had wrote