This Poem was Submitted By: Joe Goff On Date: 2001-12-06 08:43:27 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Bare Necessities

Carmen, you are wanted, though you are forbidden. You dance so provocative, you look so seductive. Why must your cries be silent? They’re all medicated, you know? Drugs, alcohol and lust is the theme of the night. Is this your job, a lifelong dream, a way to get even, a demon scheme? Or, are you just passing through on your way to a picket-fenced white house in the suburbs? Your body is almost perfect, your breasts and thighs carved like a goddess eternal. Yet, when you look into the mirror you see too many flaws. Why must your cries be silent? Your stage is dimly lit. You give only a flickering glimpse of Carmen by day, while the strobes and neons keep you dimly at bay. Your reward is not the applause you hear, nor the encores begged of you. What is your satisfacation? The dawn’s early light? Is it Carmen by day, or is it Carmen by night? You are loved, no matter your adverse thoughts, and showered with gifts of lust and desire. Your dance is devine. Its all in a fantasy. Surreal is not real. While you go through the motions, your captors must deal. A dance on the table, a booth in the rear? Tell me your pleasures I’ll make them appear. Pounding music pierces your brain. “Please Mr. DJ, just one more refrain. Just one more dance then I’ll abstain.” Why must your cries be silent? Come, Carmen, I’ll take you home. You’re a beautiful young spirit, deserving of more than a fleeting glance. It’s a nice neighborhood, Carmen. Tell me a story of long, long ago. I’ve been around, I’ve seen things. Yet, about you, I don’t know. Silence must be heard

Copyright © December 2001 Joe Goff

Additional Notes:
This is NOT intended as a sexist poem. Unfortunately, there are too many women subjected to this vocation, and not only by choice, but by necessity. This is a true story of a dancer who rode in my taxicab for several months before resigning after eleven years of "dancing." She had a Master's degree in English and went back to work as a secretary in a law firm. She had a daughter to support, and decided that was not the environment in which to properly rear her.


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