They Call Me Joy

When asked for her real name the feisty woman in a rural whorehouse would quip Ligaya It means joy And thats what I sell Yet the smalltown prostitute is not resigned that she would be in the flesh trade forever She still harbors the dream of getting out of the job someday She saves money and fancies that someone would come and marry her as if she were clean and never been a whore That becomes almost a reality when a hardworking farmer enters her life Under some problematic circumstances her chances get blown awaybut not exactly of her sole doing