The Cabaret Girl
In the cabaret hall of the Hotel,
the stage was set for her 'Night Show',
the hall was lit but not so bright
dim it was and made to look so
to give an air of weird intoxication
tables and chairs were arranged
for the guests who 'd reserved
to drink and dine and watch the
show of the night
The guests at last arrived
And had occupied their chairs reserved,
And the stage was set for the much
awaited cabaret show to take off
Suddenly the hall plunged into quietude,
The curtains of the cabaret stage went up
And there was music pouring from
a corner of the stage from an orchestra
of local repute, and there she appeared
the cabaret girl, the star of the night
in her shiny glittering robe with feathers
round her waist.....and she began to dance
soon, the dance of twists and jerks
that went as if unstoppable with the
dancing beauty showing apparently
no signs of tiredness, until the clock struck 12 O'CLOCK
When suddenly, the lights went off
and the hall plunged into darkness and there
was a lull, and there appeared a bundle of a
focussed stream of light pointing to the
girl dancing as she began the last item
of the day...'the strip-tease' and she remained
devoid of her robes for a few seconds and
disappeared into the stage ...........
Into the green room, she sank into her
couch, a tired and lustreless woman
cursing her fate
Copyright © Vasudevan Desikachari | Year Posted 2018
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