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never lovers
met a woman at a club in Panama City once, near the
big Canal that took the U.S. ten years & 5600 lives to
build. said her name was Candide; I figured it was a
high-class alias, but that was fine. she had the right to
be the star of her own novel.
she’d been down the long road & back again, carried a lot
of sordid chapters in her heart’s journal. she danced after
quitting high school, lied about her age to get a gig. pretty
enough, & secure in her beauty, to trip lightly, without shame
or a costume, in front of a cro-magnon crowd.
that led to more notorious endeavors. her sensual flesh &
the things she did with it paid well, in a strictly operated
house & often on the dangerous streets. she gave her clients
the impression that she briefly fell in love with each one, &
perhaps she wanted to believe it as much as they did.
she had her pictures in magazines, too, the kind a man holds
comfortably in his left hand. unless he’s left-handed…
I was paying for the cocktails, so she rewarded me with her
lurid tales. truth or fiction, her stories kept me enthralled &
hungry for more.
she took me for a walk one day through the old neighborhood.
men in rags, women too, huddled on the steps of old tenements.
children begged for candy bars, having had no history of
wholesome meals. the stench of human lives drifted lazily down
the gutter with last night’s rain.
she told me to remember, as she tried to conceal the glistening
in her hard eyes. I found it odd that one woman could hold so
many intriguing complexities…
we fucked a few times, but we were never lovers.
(Art: Konstantin Kacev)
Published 24th May 2015
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24th May 2015 00:34am
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24th May 2015 1:02am
I always enjoy the complexities, even the dangerous ones. I'm going to head for Panama City on the next plane down. Beautiful woman in a risky town, and another fine poem.
24th May 2015 1:24am
24th May 2015 2:05am
as she tried to conceal the glistening
in her hard eyes
tells us all we need to know about her. Lou Reed-like indeed.
in her hard eyes
tells us all we need to know about her. Lou Reed-like indeed.
Anonymous
24th May 2015 2:21am
Now that's deep, and unexplicitably intriguing which proves that sex doesn't have to be graphically detailed in order to gain some form of pleasure. . .Excellently penned, JFeddeler. . .xoxo, Devlin;)
24th May 2015 6:23am
24th May 2015 8:37am
kept me enthralled &
hungry for more."
Yep that kinda says it with your poetry fine John xD
good read indeed
hungry for more."
Yep that kinda says it with your poetry fine John xD
good read indeed
24th May 2015 6:23pm
I like the sense of distance and mutual empathy that this write gives. Yet again a really compelling write. The final line is brilliant.
24th May 2015 7:42pm
U are simply perfect Johnny, you always make me feel...
Loves you
Zazzles xoxoxox
Loves you
Zazzles xoxoxox
26th May 2015 1:26am
she had her pictures in magazines, too, the kind a man holds
comfortably in his left hand. unless he’s left-handed…
Haha...nicely put.
Great write as always John
comfortably in his left hand. unless he’s left-handed…
Haha...nicely put.
Great write as always John
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Anonymous
26th May 2015 2:24pm
ever the compelling story teller with music in his words...
... loved this, Mister Feddeler
... loved this, Mister Feddeler
27th May 2015 11:51am
27th May 2015 5:19pm
the stench of human lives, depths of a woman's intriguing complexities, the lovers who never were...tears fill in as i reach this part, tge bitter part, the truth...but never an end. You never give a dull moment for a reader, esp. when it comes to the shaking emotions n moving realisations. Your scribes reiterate whatever one had gathered thru waits n pains n more. Keep sharing ur mastery, tq JF:)
