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vegas woman

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i drove there myself
you just paved the road
so fortunate to find
this paradise
lost

the mirror broke
as the unveiled princess
ascended from the desert
nipples hard
even raising my body temperature

but her legs kept you warm
and silver cold
and i alone
longed for home
or at least a change

someone as supple as i
to swim in the sea of her hair
and travel the valleys and hills
of her scape
sweetness of this foreign land
yet so familiar

i might drive there myself
i wrote this in '97 after a trip to vegas to visit an ex boyfriend. he took me to a strip club and ended up with a stripper. it sparked an anger, a sense of loneliness and a curiosity in me.
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Longing, pain, and desire rolled in to one emotionally strong weaving. The first stanza shows two came together on the road, but the they were really only one. From the start the "team" that went on the expedition to find the eutopia in "paradise lost" was really two people on different roads. One that "drove themselve" and the other that "just paved" the way.

i drove there myself
you just paved the road
so fortunate to find
this paradise
lost

Now this is an interesting stanza, for it has some layed meanings. The mirror broke could be looked upon in two different ways. The first is that the mirror broke referring to the relationship that was strong was now shattered. Bad luck can only follow in the breaking of the mirror as in several years bad luck. The other is that this "unveiled princess" vision is so powerful that it can physically break a mirror...a monster in disguise (medusa comes to mind) that can shatter many physical and emotional manifistations. "nipples hard" can be the response of the male partner to the female seductress (male's nipples can harden too with sexual arrousment....here in the poem it is a stuble conection with the male and the female seductress). "Even raising my body temperature", the female seductress/unveiled princess even has the power to stimulate or arouse the female companion...or perhaps it could be looked as raised body temperature such as anger...."makes my blood boil" comes to mind.

the mirror broke
as the unveiled princess
ascended from the desert
nipples hard
even raising my body temperature

The seductress keeps him warm but offers nothing lasting, for it is silver cold. It is a temporary fire that will grow cold and walk out the door once coin of payment (silver) is received. The temorary relationship/unstable for it is quick to change is in direct contrast to the one alone who yearns for the comfort and stability of home. But then there is a twist, curiosity enters the picture with the thought of change.

but her legs kept you warm
and silver cold
and i alone
longed for home
or at least a change

That change comes here. What does this "unveiled princess" have to offer and how does the connection of bodies feel. There is a seeming desire to discover the "sweetness of this forgein land" that is different but yet similar to the poetic voices' own. It ends in the musing of the voice, you, playing with the thought of exploring same sex sex.

someone as supple as i
to swim in the sea of her hair
and travel the valleys and hills
of her scape
sweetness of this foreign land
yet so familiar

i might drive there myself