THE STRIPPER


from the ABC set THE HUMAN CONDITION

Across the south, in private clubs
In downbeat dives, in rundown pubs,
The stripper plys her nightly trade
Undressing for lechers who cannot get laid.

With thrusting breasts and grinding hips
With a tongue that moistens gloss smeared lips,
She strives to drive the punters wild
She strips for tips to dress her child.

The gas bill's due, so too the rent
Her boss creams off his "fair" percent,
When she's done he'll take his cut
Fleecing the losers who leer at her butt.

Returning to the job in hand
In surroundings less than grand,
She drops her bra and bares her tits
To a cheerless crowd of sad old gits.

Likewise her knickers end up on the floor
She shakes her "booty", it wobbles some more,
In truth she is needing to visit the gym
Her "Brazilian" too is in need of a trim.

Her privates made public, her work is complete
The pay isn't great but it sure beats the street,
She puts on a show, she puts cash in her purse
Her life isn't great but it sure could be worse.

She exits stage left to staccato applause
Once more debased for a laudable cause,
Leastways her baby will not go unfed,
She can't wait to see him, tucked up in his bed.

Out in the toilets she dresses once more
Picks up her money and heads out the door,
Tomorrow the stripper again plys her trade
Undressing for lechers who cannot get laid.

COPYRIGHT D M PAMMENT 2009

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Comments

Tornado | November 23, 2009 - 17:08

If you were reaching for that melancoly, sweet sadness - you nailed it for me! Man, I need a drink and some more ones....

kheldar | November 24, 2009 - 10:25

oops, I,ve turned you to drink - i do apologise.

Tornado | November 24, 2009 - 17:41

No apology required.
It's more me that's muddied the deal
with my loose grasp of the language.
For it wasn't a fresh start - only a refill.

shoe | January 17, 2010 - 20:14

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry...both perhaps,
can only hope this came from your imagination!:~o

kheldar | January 17, 2010 - 21:38

It most definitely did - is it good that I don't have first hand experience of such things or bad that such things lurk in my imagination? Hmmm :--)

Kurt Rellians | January 31, 2010 - 19:23

i like the poem. A very effective feeling of melancholy and realism there.

kheldar | January 31, 2010 - 20:41

Thank you Kurt, pleasedd you liked it :--)