THE STRIPPER OF DESIRE

She was just a stripper

In a nightclub far away

Just a simple ripper

Of clothes that did not wish to stay.

Her nubile breasts did throb

To the music wild and loud

Her robe the clubbers wished to grab

So that she stood as naked as a cloud.

I was just a loser

A loser who had lost my way

Just a simple rabble rouser

Of people who did not like to stay.

My body was old and wasted

But my spirit was young and free.

My addictions were too many

But I still believed in me.

She was more interested in the money

That they threw at her feet

She was not bothered about eyes so many

That raped her while on her feet.

At the climax of her show

As the music reached a crescendo

Her clothes she would throw

While the audience did kisses blow.

I was more interested in the liquor

That they served at the bar

I didn't even glance at her

My eyes were vacant and afar

At the end of my umpteenth drink

As the fumes did hit my brain

I was on consciousnesses brink

As I felt relieved of my pain

She did finish her act

While I did at my table fall

Everyone else turned away with tact

But she came over though I did not call

She lifted me as I rested on her shoulder

Supported me and did make me walk

She took me with her across the heather

Though others at the very thought did baulk

She put me to sleep on her bed

And watched over me while I slept

Whenever I woke up I was fed

And she held me tight while I wept.

I then got up to leave

But she told me not to go

I did not wish to cleave

But stayed as I had nowhere else to go

She would take me every night

When she went to earn her living

but I could not bear the sight

of her daily ritual of stripping.

One night on our return

As she was undressing for bed

I sat watching her with concern.

I watched as her breasts broke free

From the harness of her undergarment

They were so beautiful and seemed to make a plea

Plead for hands that would worship not torment

As my senses were aroused gradually as was my soul

I ached to take her in my arms and love her forever

For she had healed me and made me whole

I was therefore fascinated and wished to merge together

She looked at me with disgust

As my arousal I could not hide

You are all the same when you witness a bust

She said as my passion then deflated and died

You long just for the flesh of dirty mud and dust

And desire a mere excretory organ which opens wide

How cheap all you men are when in lust

She scorned while she my lust had killed

I looked down in embarrassment so shoddy

While she looked on serenely and calmly

All I wanted was your soul but you desired my body

So you must leave me now, she said coldly.

Me and my said unclean excretory organ

Felt sad that we had to leave but wanted to stay badly

Since we had made fools of ourselves

For indeed us men never understand women, sadly.