Bloodhouse

‘[…]Not,’ she elaborated with ponderous wistfulness, ‘that I don’t enjoy an occasional slumming expedition to the bloodhouses. Graham won’t use a bar that isn’t full of men in grubby singlets;[…]’

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From the bloodhouses of my youth, vagrant hotels, I see your face / Dead girl (dear Jan!) in smoke-filled rooms—glass-littered slimy floors.

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There are still a few bloodhouses, as the rowdier institutions are called, patronized exclusively by men;

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The old riverfront where steamers used to move passengers and cargo is graced by pubs with lacy verandas that look old, quiet and innocent to the passer-by but still bear a reputation as ‘bloodhouses’ where more than one drug haul has come in up the river from the east.

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