Good Time Girl
Just flicking through old brown photographs
Killing time growing old pretending not to care
Collecting dust and dandruff from her
Precious locks of hair
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The walls of her apartment are littered
With the centrefolds of women’s magazines
She claims not be to a martyr
But admits to being many other things
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Today she spends her time remembering
The many times she gave relief and once got
Fifteen quid plus syphilis from a politician
On the other side of town
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Author:
Neville (
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Oohh, I best not meet her then! Woof, No says Fido.
Best not.. best be careful..... thank you all the same though.. N
Those Lib Dems have a lot to answer for!
Truly sad portrait of an ageing hooker probably wondering if the path which led to 'now' was ever worth it's cost upon her.
True story DA .. Nancy took me off the streets for a few nights way way back when I was indeed rough sleeping.. She had a heart of gold and never asked for anything in return... One of them that should never be forgot... Cheers and you are quite right, there is a lot more to her story worth telling...
Then please tell more Neville. Ladies of the night are so often portrayed as two dimensional hard case lost causes which is an image ready to be dispelled.
I knew many who had developed drug and alcohol problems, but there were many others who had fallen behind with the rent, lost their jobs or needed to pay their way and survive through University or college.. Yet still others had children to feed and clothe.. Some were prisoners wives, some needed to pay for this that or the other.. There were those who were variously homeless, sofa surfers etc ....I only ever met a couple who enjoyed their work .... I could go on....
Such a pitiable yet in some ways quite memorable time to be in is the picture you pen of a once-pretty girl - - giving many relief and receiving far more than lucre has a very strong warning for those beginning the game.
We used to have the county contract to provide for the health needs of sex workers and many of them were truly salt of the earth characters and who for various reasons had fallen on hard times and needed to put bread on the table... thank you Fay...... Neville
I too in my health work have known a few of these ladies Nev and agree that their hearts are often as big as their bodies - life can be hard when times get tough and tough is hardly the word for some living in conditions these girls are born into................ more than education is needed to raise females from the results of "giving relief" to the many................. your verse has gone straight to my heart as it will with most of your readers methinks.................. Fay
thanks Fay...
I understand - some folk fall on bad times, their lives go downhill for whatever reason.
Meanwhile - Oh, I dunno, I will go mad and meet her, for a bit of a 'good time'! lol. Fido says can he come along too?! Has the 'girl' got a lady dog he could meet?! Ooh!
thank you for considering these words.... I think it best if Fido stayed at home on this occasion..... Neville
Sometimes we do not real people inside, it is unfortunate that she had to go down that path but sometimes it is the only way to live.
My son works in Social Services in the prisons and he says how great some of the inmates are in ordinary ways, they just went wrong in one particular way.
Great write Neville.
Nicely written, but rather sad. Really conjures up a lasting impression
thank you..
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