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The Prowler
Author:
asyousaid PM
This is about something that did actually happen
Rated: Fiction K+ - English - Tragedy - Words: 119 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-07-04 - id: 1755846
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Standing, she's standing in the rain again:
Umbrella dripping water down the lamp-post,
Leaning on it, leaning on a lot of things
Just waiting for a job.
Big shame, you can tell she used to be
Pretty enough, two or three years ago
Or maybe six months
Looks a lot older than she is, though
And she's falling apart, but
Who isn't?
Doesn't want a night waiting in the rain,
Could she just have a job?
Some bloated middle-aged man wanders over,
Offers money,
She might as well: it's raining
So she goes with him
And I stand, in the rain,
And watch her out of sight.

She's younger than me.
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