I suspect it was written before 1968. Stephen --- On Wed, 7/15/09, Jon Corelis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Jon Corelis <[log in to unmask]> Subject: query To: [log in to unmask] Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 12:14 PM A long time ago I read a poem somewhere, I think in a magazine, that included the lines: 'I want at least the fiction of affection,' I told the whore. She said, 'To lie in that direction will cost you more.' Does anyone recognize this? Google doesn't turn up anything. -- =============================================== Jon Corelis http://jcorelis.googlepages.com/joncorelis ===============================================