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JerryPat
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0 posted 2011-01-14 09:25 AM


Got a light?

This dame wasn't bashful
I struck a match
She sucked on the Chesterfield
Inhaled once
She stuck it into the Molten Lava Cake desert
The butt wore a lipstick tiara
I sipped my rose
Wishing it was a draft
It was her party, doubt she knew what a draft was
She was on in years
Still had that little girl face
Unbecoming on a matronly woman
Too much lipstick
Too much rouge
Laughed too raucous
Tried to set me at ease
With ribald jokes
Cliched, well-worn, ribald jokes
She gave me her best come-on look
It was frightening
I smiled
It was her party
It was her play
Society dame looking for rough trade
Could get nasty
Could be that is what the lady wants

Have you ever killed anyone?

Her voice was whiskey gravely never mind the rose
Eyes were glazed and her mouth trembled
In anticipation to my answer
"Probably no one you know," I gave her that
She suppressed a smile

Would you pour the wine?

It was not a request
The creature needed bedtime stories
Her emancipated chest rose and fell rapidly
Anticipation will do that
I poured the wine
She placed a hand on my stubble
I hadn't shaved on purpose
I think I would like the street life, she whispered conspiratorially
A look of fearful excitement passed over her face
High color rose into her cheeks
Studied me closely
So closely, so intimately
Goosebumps made like the Indy 500 up and down my spine
A shudder shook me
She mistook for animal magnetism
Made her day

Sometimes being a macho Private Eye
Means you have to go undercover
I was dreading this night



"Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave let him know he has enough."-Robert Goolrick from "Reliable Wife"

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s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
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1 posted 2011-01-14 09:38 AM


Oh, I like this. Being mysterious does give one a really appealing aura, eh? Enjoyed.

-Trina
Be thankful for every person who has caused you pain. In that moment, they became your assistant of growth.

JerryPat
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2 posted 2011-01-14 09:45 AM


Yes, I do believe that it does, Trina. I wrote a novel, Ram Slade; Shamus last year and in the process composed a few poems concerning it. This is one of them.

Thank you for reading me and commenting.

"Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave let him know he has enough."-Robert Goolrick from "Reliable Wife"

Dark Stranger
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3 posted 2011-01-14 09:49 AM


oh geeze jp...you met my ex-wife..sorry about that..(grin)  enjoyed the bogie of this..
JerryPat
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Louisiana/America
4 posted 2011-01-14 09:51 AM


Oh, it is I who should be sorry, DS, because I'm afraid she spilled a few secrets during our . . . er . . . Dinner Date

Thank you for being here.

"Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave let him know he has enough."-Robert Goolrick from "Reliable Wife"

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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5 posted 2011-01-14 10:15 AM


Way cool Jerry! I could hear Mike Hammer... smooth... real smooth.
Lori

JerryPat
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Posts 1991
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6 posted 2011-01-14 10:21 AM


Ah, Mike Hammer, my hero. Thank you, Lori.

"Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave let him know he has enough."-Robert Goolrick from "Reliable Wife"

faithmairee
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Poe Haven, USA
7 posted 2011-01-16 03:22 PM


totally intriguing...couldn't wait to see how it ended...this was expertly done...accept my full admiration

There must be a poem in here somewhere.

JerryPat
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Posts 1991
Louisiana/America
8 posted 2011-01-16 03:32 PM


Thank you very much, faith. Appreciate you digging this one up.

~ Why Do Gorillas Have Big Nostrils? / Because They Have Big Fingers. ~

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