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THE WHORES OF THE EAST VILLAGE
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ETHNIC HUMOR ISN'T KOSHER
One thing about New York
that cracks me up
is the East Village scene
and the whores therein
it really busts my gut
to have very unattractive girls
approach me and ask
“Wanna go out?”
That’s the big line
they use
when trying
to sucker in
would be johns
I’m almost insulted
that I look like
that kinda guy
I mean these girls
don’t look too healthy
whenever I see them
working the corners
I get psychic alphabet soup
and the letters a-i-d-s
or s-t-d
appear before my eyes
one time I was heading
to St. Mark’s Church
for a poetry reading
and I was approached
by one of these whores
“Wanna go out?”
“wanna go out?”
I am asked
“I’m going to church”
I respond,
pointing to the church
“You are more than
welcome to join me.”
She looked away in disbelief
She probably thought
I was lying
about going to church
I don’t ever wanna hear
that I have no compassion
I really was going to church
and it certainly was
a far kinder line
that “Hey, honey
I wouldn’t fuck you
if you paid me.”
9/25/1995
