Richard Lamoureux Poet Couplet

Go Go Girl

Pretty girl dancing on stage with an edge.
Hiding softness with cold eyes that look dead.

Costumes and glitter a mans fantasy.
Not the person she thought one day she'd be.

Daddy's little girl that was yesterday.
Today she's Lost in the rolls that she plays.

She looks in the eyes of the men as they stare.
Dancing and giarating swinging her hair.

Feeling the beat as she moves to the song.
Trying to believe she's doing nothing wrong.

Hoots and hollers they say take it all off.
Dirty old man at the front with a cough.

Dancing for money she has bigger dreams.
At home all alone her tears fall in streams.

A few more months maybe another year
Yet look at these girls that are still dancing here

Lies so convincing one day they will stop
Pouring out dreams never reaching the top

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Caleah Buil July 31, 2013 at 2:44 PM So sad, too often our dreams get pushed down because we think we can't do them, or we just settle for less. We never should settle. Seeing this perspective was interesting, yet sad. Nicely done! Richard Lamoureux August 1, 2013 at 8:04 AM Hi Caleah, so nice to see you.

Stephen Kilmer July 30, 2013 at 6:48 PM Richard, I really like this poem. You hit it dead on. Strip joints are meat grinders and like everything else in life only the young survive. Nice write Kilmer Richard Lamoureux July 30, 2013 at 7:16 PM Thanks Stephen

Lucilla Carrillo July 24, 2013 at 10:11 PM I like this very much. Sometimes we don't know why people do the things they do. It could be because that's what they want to do and than maybe they have no choice. Thanks for sharing..... Lucilla Richard Lamoureux July 26, 2013 at 11:47 PM Thanks Lucilla. Sadly some have no choice.nthe ones that do may not realize they have a choice. I appreciate the visit and comment.

Skat A July 24, 2013 at 12:25 PM I don't see the girl rising poem. SKAT Richard Lamoureux July 24, 2013 at 6:08 PM Wrote on June 23 about half way down this page.

Andrea Dietrich July 23, 2013 at 11:50 PM I wonder if they still use the term go go girl, do they? this is a great portrayal of how those women are going nowhere. Such a degrading job for a poor girl to have. Nicely done, Richard. Richard Lamoureux July 24, 2013 at 6:14 AM I don't think so, I think that ended in the 70s.

Eileen Manassian July 23, 2013 at 9:41 PM :( Poor GO GO dancer...Makes me think of women who go to countries as domestic helpers...have their passports confiscated by their "employers" and are forced into prostitution and work in cabarets! :( This is a REAL problem....Oh, great write. Define pretty....please! :) Richard Lamoureux July 24, 2013 at 6:18 AM Pretty is whatever comes to mind for the reader. What you have described is an even sadder tale, perhaps someone will write about it for my Girl rising contest.

Charmaine Chircop July 23, 2013 at 4:00 PM Not everything which looks like gold is gold..Not every promised dream will be the dream..i do agree Richard..Well done my good friend Richard Lamoureux July 23, 2013 at 7:17 PM Thanks Charmain, you are very kind.

Delysia Hendricks July 23, 2013 at 3:19 PM Hopa!!! Bring on the pole!! Very good write, Richard. I think you will enjoy my "Showtime". Your girl is forced into this lifestyle. Mine does it for the sheer pleasure of male company. I enjoyed reading this, my friend. Licia :-) Richard Lamoureux July 23, 2013 at 7:18 PM :0)

Poet Tacito July 23, 2013 at 2:33 PM I used to DJ at a strip club many years ago. Yes, it was pretty much just as you described here. Best part: all that money those guys tipped the girls, the girls paid me with that. :) Good times! Very cool piece you wrote here! I love how you concluded this. Richard Lamoureux July 23, 2013 at 2:37 PM Thanks Drake, your buddies at the time would have thought you were living the dream.

The Situation July 23, 2013 at 2:15 PM need money and need it fast.