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r&r for a whore
can’t remember her own name anymore
she’s Marilyn for the romance novelist
Mistress Sabrina for the prize fighter
& Mother for the really sick contingent
can’t hold an apartment in Protestant society
husbands abandoned, kids taken away
Dom Perignon is tonic for the pain
caviar is sweeter laced with cocaine
clitoris edited & abridged for recreational sex
men with penthouses & too much money
& who says a lady’s pale back wasn’t
meant for extinguishing cigarettes?
she was never promised a heaven
rest & recuperation
she reckons she’ll find it in hell
her college professor always told her
she was only good for one thing
until you factor in oral & anal
expensive cosmetics & an hour in hot curlers
won’t make her queen of the night
even a swamp toad knows
there ain’t no woman
as beautiful as the sunset
she’s a harlot of the upper avenues
paid escort of skyscraper princes
cocktail hustler, courtesan-in-secret
& she wonders if she will ever be
simply a woman again…
(Art: Marco Rubiero)
Published 13th Jun 2015
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Really fine work John. Also love that illustration, Laetitia Casta at her finest.
13th Jun 2015 8:01pm
Even whores have hearts, especially whores.
Such a sad and truthful write, John.
Such a sad and truthful write, John.
13th Jun 2015 8:38pm
This is excruciatingly, real, & awkwardly painful but beautifully amazing.. Do no ever stop being a stimuli.
Knocked this one outta the park, John; damned good write.
Me likes a lot!
Green
Me likes a lot!
Green
13th Jun 2015 9:40pm
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14th Jun 2015 3:26am
I've certainly being missing a good dose of your work and you dont ever disappoint..curtsy bow skip twirl...
"even a swamp toad knows
there ain’t no woman
as beautiful as the sunset"
~soft sad beauty 'midst the brightly
painted ruff draft of your woman in story.
great works as alwys & ever a pleasure SirJ!
tah's
~d
there ain’t no woman
as beautiful as the sunset"
~soft sad beauty 'midst the brightly
painted ruff draft of your woman in story.
great works as alwys & ever a pleasure SirJ!
tah's
~d
Anonymous
14th Jun 2015 1:31pm
i'm reminded of a quote from one of my favourite books:
"call a jack a jack. call a spade a spade. but always call a whore a lady. their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite"
~ rothfuss [tnotw] ...
"& who says a lady’s pale back wasn’t meant for extinguishing cigarettes?
"
... gods i love that line, Mister Feddeler ~ sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, sometimes it's foreplay
"call a jack a jack. call a spade a spade. but always call a whore a lady. their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite"
~ rothfuss [tnotw] ...
"& who says a lady’s pale back wasn’t meant for extinguishing cigarettes?
"
... gods i love that line, Mister Feddeler ~ sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, sometimes it's foreplay
14th Jun 2015 2:00pm
"her college professor always told her
she was only good for one thing
until you factor in oral & anal "
quite existential.
she was only good for one thing
until you factor in oral & anal "
quite existential.
14th Jun 2015 11:44pm
Very different yet not from what I enjoy reading. Very nicely done. I m in. :)
15th Jun 2015 2:50am
15th Jun 2015 6:42am
JohnFeddeler, luv ~ :-*
You have a masterful hand and a tender touch, a delicacy in handling and uncompromising pragmatism.
I begin to wonder how biographies written by you might unfold... :-*
You have a masterful hand and a tender touch, a delicacy in handling and uncompromising pragmatism.
I begin to wonder how biographies written by you might unfold... :-*
15th Jun 2015 8:25am
holy fucking hell! JOHNNY!!!
U blew me away with this one..
Tears on my pillow tonight, thank you
u always make me feel when i forget too...
loves you Johnny Rotten!!!
Always
Jackie xoxoxox
U blew me away with this one..
Tears on my pillow tonight, thank you
u always make me feel when i forget too...
loves you Johnny Rotten!!!
Always
Jackie xoxoxox
16th Jun 2015 12:43pm
I was busy typing the words "Holy FUCK!"
when my eyes saw
the opening phrase
of Zazzles above!
Fucking Proof
of the incredible art
of this piece
We all feel the emotion
so hard that we want to
scream "Holy Fuck"!
Absolute skill in the imagery
masterful in it's rythm, tone and length
Bloody brilliant in its topic
God this is ART!
Al
when my eyes saw
the opening phrase
of Zazzles above!
Fucking Proof
of the incredible art
of this piece
We all feel the emotion
so hard that we want to
scream "Holy Fuck"!
Absolute skill in the imagery
masterful in it's rythm, tone and length
Bloody brilliant in its topic
God this is ART!
Al
26th Jun 2015 5:34pm
She figures she'll get rest in hell... great line, brazen Poet. Love it! blue angel
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