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yv
Senior Member

since 2003-05-30

Posts 574

0 posted 2005-09-22 06:47 PM

And so...
Under my porch
Swings your savoir faire
You stand legs opened
To whatever
Silver dollar rolls your way

Walk with a stutter and a
Dip in your hip you
Grab at the lights in
Complete yellow-stained darkness

The lamp is your crusader
The street your blazing saddle
Streetlight serpentine
Sex-stained imperfections of
Your crawling flesh

And yet
You still stand
Bowing to the bulb-ous
King of Nickel and Dime
Juke Joints and
Fatties rolled on
Your tip’s dashboard
Under my porch
Thighs a mile wide
Breasts sky high
With the wine-stamped breath of
A night of $20 merriment and
Your business card
Tattooed to the
Porcelain nightlight
Your sanctuary and
Homemade temple of
Nightly worship

Waiting for the next
Late night Lonlies to
Bring forth their
Tithes and offerings

Yv~Seeing eternal Sunshine
Still shrouded in blinding Darkness

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

1 posted 2005-09-23 08:38 AM

This struck me as the life of the oldest profession. A culture of it's own, giving comfort and pleasure for payment. Your description was eloquent in several lines, and I thought...
"How many times God was called upon under that very street lamp".

Unique write.
TD

yv
Senior Member

since 2003-05-30

Posts 574

2 posted 2005-09-25 04:03 AM

Thank you so much for your reply...I was actually struck with the inspiration from a friend. She told me to write about a streetlight...and that's what came to mind.

Yv~Seeing eternal Sunshine
Still shrouded in blinding Darkness

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

3 posted 2005-09-30 09:09 AM

Camiele~

Check your email ... I REALLY do like this piece~

Wow ... to be so inspired !!
To take a 'suggestion' from someone and paint such a poetic scene takes talent ...
I think you've got it !!
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*No matter what I search for ...
let me know when it is LOVE that I find*~ <))><

Email - noles1@totcon.com

Obsidian Snow
Member

since 2005-08-24

Posts 88

4 posted 2005-09-30 09:47 AM

This was wonderful!

The chilling description was dead on.

Sharksbean
Member

since 2005-09-25

Posts 368
jax

5 posted 2005-09-30 10:57 PM

Dark. i liked it. thanks for sharing this slightly creepy poem. trust me when i say this is a compliment

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

6 posted 2005-09-30 11:28 PM

Good write!

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

7 posted 2005-10-01 12:06 PM

Well written streetlight scenery.
I appreciate the way you presented this in a
nonjudgemental manner, which is difficult to do with this very old street profession and all its consequences.

yv
Senior Member

since 2003-05-30

Posts 574

8 posted 2005-10-01 03:26 AM

Thank you all so much...I am completely overwhelmed by the compliments you all have paid me! Thank you so very much from the very depths of me to you!!

Yv~Seeing eternal Sunshine
Still shrouded in blinding Darkness

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

9 posted 2005-10-01 08:25 AM

and I saw a fire fly
by mandan lake
playing under her favorite oak
flirting with the embers
of a distant fireplace

enjoyed it ms

StevenS
Senior Member

since 2005-09-21

Posts 945
L. A. (Lower Alabama)

10 posted 2005-10-01 10:16 AM

Fighting the good fight yv. I love it!

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

11 posted 2005-10-04 12:00 PM

Enjoyed...James

yv
Senior Member

since 2003-05-30

Posts 574

12 posted 2005-10-04 12:51 PM

DS~as always...it's a pleasure to know that I can evoke pleasure from within you!

Steven~I only do what I can with what I see...but I appreciate your support!

James~I'm glad you enjoyed my work!

Thank you all for your kindness!

Yv~Seeing eternal Sunshine
Still shrouded in blinding Darkness

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

13 posted 2005-10-04 09:02 AM

It takes one heckuvvalotta talent to turn your friend's suggestion into a poem of this depth and quality.

A very fine write, yv! Very fine, indeed!

EA

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

14 posted 2005-10-04 10:43 AM

I haven't been responding much lately...but I wanted to take some time to respond to this piece and you...

Your talent is stunning to say the least. I found this piece spellbinding and it made me want more.

I hope to see your name on the boards a lot more.

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

15 posted 2005-10-04 05:25 PM

what can one say when one has to read and reread to gain all that is within a piece written and posted here...
that is to say I enjoyed~~
M

yv
Senior Member

since 2003-05-30

Posts 574

16 posted 2005-10-04 09:50 PM

Thank you all sooo very much for your thousand kindesses!!

EA~what can I say...to get any kind of copliment from you...I just feel completely blessed that you even read my work! HaHa!

Madame Caldwell~you are too kind...way to kind...I thank you so much!

NakdThoughts~I appreciate your kindness...I'm truly touched.

Thank you all...your words truly touch me!

Yv~Seeing eternal Sunshine
Still shrouded in blinding Darkness

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