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The House-Hold Hooker '05

For more, for less, For much, much more. A cook in the kitchen, The bedroom a whore. Smiles so varnished, Completed and glossed. Not tarnished, infected, Nor forgotten or lost. Eradicate all illusion, I will prevail! Let us become winners, So they learn to fail. Be Godly and wanted, In knickers and bra. Not kept under covers, Or pickled in jars. Words jump before me, To slap you in the face. So you can’t ignore me, As I step in your place. You want me to sit down, Boiling quietly inside. So you can floor me, My legs, open wide. My mother, my bastard, Our God given rights. My hang ups, my loses, Determined to fight. My brain, my head, My mouth dried inside. My fetus, my ovaries, My legs squeezed tight. My fingers, my toes, They long for much more. Secretly hating the Chef, Whilst admiring the Whore.

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Date: 5/31/2009 5:27:00 PM
Origin frm gud housekeepin manual,statin(cliches like:''way to a mans heart thru his stomach'')Tht good wives r cooks in the kitchen &whores in the bedrm!My points we allow rselves 2b boxed up& in doing so fight the wrong battle.Men don't suppress us we do it mostly2 rselves.Embrace the cook &the whore,theyr both ur sisters &ur human desires,B sexy &brilliant,b a home maker &sexualy progressive.Othawise u eitha bcome a lonely whore or a bitter housewife,equally unfull filled!-My oppinion anywho!
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Date: 5/27/2009 10:07:00 AM
I am so with on so many points here BUT why "admire the whore" why admit the concept the whole concept stinks...male society puts woman is such a negative economic state that in many instances it's sex for food, or for food and shelter, or for food shelter and protection. Why should "anyone" male of female be dengraded for doing what's necessary to stay alive? I don't want to call anyone a whore. Money for sex makes a whore? Why? Money for any other commodity does not make one a whore?
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Date: 12/11/2008 11:40:00 AM
What did you think of 'Ophelia?'
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Date: 12/11/2008 11:29:00 AM
Thanks for your review! ...I am most grateful. K.
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Date: 12/9/2008 9:47:00 AM
I agree with Keith's comment about Sylvia Plath. It's certainly full-on, as though almost admitting your darkest secrets or writing a diary entry. That's what I love about Plath so much, her utter freedom to say whatever she liked and yet to say it exactly as it is. You really captured that confessional style and yet, still you made it your own. "Secretly hating the Chef - whilst admiring the Whore" what a way to finish! Well done for a wonderful poem! X
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Date: 12/9/2008 5:24:00 AM
Outstanding! Marvelous cadence and rhyming and visceral emotion... shades of Sylvia Plath. Best wishes, Keith
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