bordello   

Roman beaker, ca. 200*

drunk
I'm gone
these whores are too damn pricey           
and you don't get your money’s worth
   pimp
here she is
what you want
and at a good price too
 whore
no way
I've a John coming
eunuch
so it goes
you’re in you’re out
who can tell
in this world



* in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; it depicts a theatrical
scene with this imagined dialogue.