A Tramp Abroad
or maybe it should
have been abroad
atramp she was
one of those girls
that was born of
age a virgin converted
at birth conceived
to inspire an exotic
sexual famtast that
could never be fulfilled
it wasn't difficult
imaging men dying for
or killing for a couple
of weeks as the object
of her desires or even
terments just as long
as the potential for
having her even as an
afterthought or as
an object of contempt
somehow remained a
possibility I thought
she was capable of much
bigger events than this
one working some outback
lounge in a medium sized
city Upstate instead
of the strip in Vegas
or along the halls and
backrooms of Broadway
She had what every talent
scout in the world
was looking for in
abundance and she wasn't
afraid to use it
Maybe she was looking for
a new agentor just slumming
on her own whatever it was
I didn't mind lit her
cigarette when she was
ready slipped her one or
two on the house as pathetic
as the rest of mankind
indulging the impossible dream
by alan catlin
