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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2011-12-09 01:38 PM

taking it downtown
neon splash
countrified lap dances
looking for happiness
settlin' for a smiling
counterfeit face

©December 9, 2011 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2011-12-09 02:16 PM

Lookin for love in all the wrong place...lonely will do that to ya alright. Good write my friend

Lori

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2011-12-09 02:22 PM

Yes it will, Lori, far too many people. Thank you for being here.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

[This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (12-09-2011 04:21 PM).]

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

3 posted 2011-12-09 05:05 PM

Very good snapshot of one of the ways to escape loneliness, Jerry.

Margherita

Thich Nhat Hanh said: “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” Your words reminded of this deep thought.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2011-12-09 06:16 PM

Ah, thank you, Margherita, for your thoughts on my poem, plus the lagniappe of the deeper thought.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

5 posted 2011-12-09 06:58 PM

You nailed the descriptive escapade.
I saw many dives and joints back in 1967, from the outside looking in. I can still remember the musky smells and neon signs as I walked down Bourbon Street. I was under age, so look was all I could do.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2011-12-09 07:01 PM

I used to live with a stripper on Bourbon who went by the name of Debbie the Debutante, and worked at a strip joint with the unlikely name of The Old French Opera House.

Thanks for stopping by, JL. I loved that crazy town in those days.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

7 posted 2011-12-09 10:29 PM

Saw the Bourbon St. of today in this piece ---

I loved the old, real, jazz & blues era of the 50's & early 60's, most of which I was under aged too, but privileged to see a lot of it from the inside, because of family . . . can't stand the facade of the French Quarter of today, with most of it's real history destroyed.

Glad I knew it, and New Orleans, in it's death throes, though much I've now forgotten too.

Good write, my friend,

j.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2011-12-09 10:44 PM

Thanks jwesley. Yeah, I first hit Bourbon in 1957, lived there, above Galatoire's Restaurant for quite a while. Yeah, when they did away with the strip joints and started putting in the lap dances, plus the x-rated peep shoes, Bourbon took a dive in the gutter.

Thanks for being here on my page, man.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

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