Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Dressing Like a Hooker

The craziest thing I have ever done
Is dress like a hooker in an off-the-shoulder sweater,
and the tightest, lightest baby blue hip hugger, bellbottoms,
in order to procure the lead to the senior play.
I had to sneak out of the house, dressed in red lipstick
and false eyelashes.

I am a Bible-belt girl, and belting out the Bible was not
good enough, I had to be better than that. Usually my mother
washed my face six times before I could leave. I had this weird feeling that the only way I had a chance was to ooze sex, which my 17-year-old self barely knew existed.

Yet, I did it, and the idiotic teacher could not stop staring at me, which made me feel all-powerful, and all kinds of stupid. I am morbidly embarrassed to tell you that I did procure the part, and was uncomfortable the entire time, thinking what he must have been thinking when I was dressed as a tart. So was it worth it? Totally.

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Kurt Ravidas April 23, 2019 at 5:20 PM Good Caren with dyed hair and a pointy sword) Surprisingly, but my parents reacted calmly to my new look. I thought they’d kill me. Caren Krutsinger April 24, 2019 at 3:09 AM And isn't it amazing that parents will rise to the occasion when you give them one? Ha!

Kurt Ravidas April 23, 2019 at 5:08 PM I am a Bible-belt girl, and belting out the Bible. Walking aroung the house and lurning this tongue twister to improve my diction, I suddenly felt I really want smth tightest lightest) P.S.: Once, when I was 16, I dyed my hair and they kicked me out of school. It was awesome! Now I may do it everyday, but I don't want. Sad but true( Caren Krutsinger April 23, 2019 at 5:10 PM Once a child got into trouble at my school because his mother dyed his hair bright orange, but when they brought him to my office I had accidentally dyed my hair the exact same shade. I said, "Nice hair, dude!" We gave each other the high-five. I asked the teacher what she wanted, and she said "never mind."

Arturo Michael April 23, 2019 at 5:21 AM Self conscious to the max...in teens and even now... a lot of courage required... Caren Krutsinger April 23, 2019 at 5:05 PM Yes, it is weird how those "feelings" all come back swiftly when you think of certain people and situations, as if it happened this morning before lunch.