September 28th 2010

[TGirl-Kay 7484]

A poem my partner wrote,

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 28th, 2010

 

This is for the streetwalkers

the party girls and the hos

 

it?s for those

who works nights

for my neighbours

and my lovers

 

it?s for the girls who work

and the no-tell motels

for the girls at the Bare Fax

and the Shangri La

 

it?s for everyone who?s sick

of watching windows and waiting

for the landlord to stop by

to "check on things"

 

it?s for anyone waiting

for the phone to ring

 

for the girls who want out

and the girls who want to stay in

and for anyone who was ever arrested

for carrying condoms

in the wrong part of town

 

it?s for the strippers

for the peelers and the

peep show dancers

 

it?s for the nude, erotic, and fetish models

who can?t tell their parents that

they take their clothes off

for money

 

it?s for the woman on my corner

that night in august

who didn?t want to be working

but need diapers for her kid

 

it?s for the escorts

the pro-dommes

the rent boys

and the phone whores

and for anyone who ever

set up a webcam

in their bedroom

 

it?s for my girlfriend

and my ex-girlfriend

and it?s for me

 

it?s for anyone who ever

got into a stranger?s car

while their friend wrote down

the license number

and made sure

the passenger-side handles

were still there

 

it for anyone

evicted

on the strength of a neighbour?s stare

and anyone who?s heard

How much?

hollered from a passing car

 

it?s for every sweetheart

every room-mate

every child

every spouse

of anyone who ever hustled

in a chat-room

or a coffee-house

on a corner

or on a message board

 

it?s for everyone

whose rights have been ignored

because they traded in skin

 

it?s for Jennifer

and Sadie

and everyone else who

never made it home again

 

it?s for everyone buried

on the highway of tears

the girls who disappeared

and who came back as bodies

 

it?s for Hintonburg

Lowertown

Vanier

Dalhousie and

Bell Street

 

Remember this date:

September twenty-eight

 

For anyone who has ever:

 

Communicated for the purposes of prostitution

 

Lived off the avails of prostitution

 

Or

 

Operated a common bawdy house

 

and for anyone who has been

treated as

less than

because they were

or are

or were thought to be

a sex worker

 

Today is the beginning of our freedom

[Megan'sTouch 23875]

That is really beautiful, November! Thank you for sharing.

[EmilyRushton 253355]

That is a great poem....

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[omehgosh 736]

That's really great! Kudos to your partner! Thanks for it sharing November.

[Soleil Sublime 38108]

Normally, I don't much care for poetry. however, your partner composed a very impactful poem. I loved it.

[Guest ***nsut***jr]

Amazing.

Why do I see images when I read this?

 

J

 

P.S. Tell your partner thank you

[Guest s******ecan****]

Well done, thought provoking, gritty, touching, thanks for sharing.