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wranx
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Moved from a shack to a barn

0 posted 2002-11-21 01:49 PM



Because I needed
“Proof of employment”
I once took a job
At the local “Adult” bookstore

And spent my evenings
Watching “Beretta”
Answering “odd” phone calls
Selling magazines
Dispensing quarters

And meeting the whores

Not call girls
Nor escorts
Or even prostitutes
These young women
Were self-ascribed whores

They’d bring me coffee
Or come in to visit
On rainy nights
Slow nights
Cold nights

Or to allay their addictions
In the booths in the back

They were happy, I think
They couldn’t ply their trade
While at the store

Happy, I think
To have safe haven
A place to talk, to dance
To tease without motive

Happy, I think, just to be girls
For a short while.

[This message has been edited by wranx (11-22-2002 09:32 AM).]

© Copyright 2002 E.F.Rose - All Rights Reserved
nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines
1 posted 2002-11-21 02:00 PM


You do write well and describe the scene perfectly.

M

serenity blaze
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2 posted 2002-11-21 02:01 PM


I love your matter o factness in this...

you paint warmth where some might sniff in condescension...

smiling..I like this much.

Cpat Hair
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3 posted 2002-11-21 02:01 PM


ah... now Ed are you telling me you looked below the surface of something
(yeah like you don't all the time)

Enjoyed this Ed... it takes a while to get used to the things underneath the surface..but you usually find that the one standing next to you really isn't all that different from the one on the other side..

Aenimal
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the ass-end of space
4 posted 2002-11-21 03:46 PM


Unflinchingly honest, intelligent and provoking. Consistent marks of a wranx poem.
Thanks for more great words.

majnu
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5 posted 2002-11-21 03:57 PM


i know not what to say; cruelly honest.

-majnu
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Timid thoughts be not afraid. I am a Poet.

ThisDiamond
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6 posted 2002-11-21 03:59 PM


A gentle portrait of hard reality.
ThisDiamond

garysgirl
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7 posted 2002-11-21 04:14 PM


Ed, as always, your poem makes the reader just stop and think. I like the way you brought "the other side" of the girls out in these words. Sometimes people forget that  ALL people are human beings and that no matter what they are doing, there is another side to them.

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~
                  

brian sites
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8 posted 2002-11-21 04:57 PM


a nice sound comin from that typer
Mr. Chinaski
oh sorry....
Hank

Corinne
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state of confusion
9 posted 2002-11-21 06:21 PM


Wranx,

a sad situation. You've told it with heart.

peace,

Cor

Corinne
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state of confusion
10 posted 2002-11-21 06:22 PM


p.s.

such a serious picture! A nice face.

Cor

bsquirrel
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11 posted 2002-11-26 02:04 PM


Should be a movie scene.
inkedgoddess
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12 posted 2002-11-26 10:07 PM


yea, like 50s televisin shows growing up on
that horsesh//,
dysfunction lives in whitebread homes too.....
a whore is a whore is a whore..........
no less/no more.

regards2you
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since 2002-10-01
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13 posted 2002-11-26 11:01 PM




Yes, a whore is a whore is a whore, one of Jesus' favorite kind of people.

Liked this poem a lot.

Warm regards, Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
        "Desiderata"

wayoutwalt
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14 posted 2002-11-26 11:12 PM


great feeling in this one yuh
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