nine days in turlock

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    nine days in turlock

    spent nine days in turlock once
    a most unpleasant town
    redolent of grass that's spent
    it's time inside of cows
    and let's not forget the motel eight
    where hookers do abound
    hanging from their doorways
    in slinky little gowns
    a little girl with ribboned hair
    would show up on her bike
    to ply her trade, a flesh brigade
    a most disturbing sight
    but the truckers seemed to like it fine

    spent nine days in turlock once
    training the latest new hire
    splitting my commissions with
    this unrepentant liar
    the highlight of the trip no doubt
    was on the fateful day
    I sat inside a clients house
    and asked how he earned his pay
    when he said that he milked steers
    I did not know what to say (would you?)

    nine days stuck in turlock
    with the trainee and the whores
    men "milking" steers, while truckers cheered
    for beribboned, jail-bait score
    manure a persistent foul smell
    is it really any wonder that
    I called it my prelude to hell?

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    train64 commented on nine days in turlock

    01-29-2011

    looking at your old stuff..This one is priceless.. great stuff well written.. Turlock such a great name..i looked it up..T64

    tenderpoison

    01/29/2011

    they say that Bakersfield is the armpit of CA - if so, Turlock is the other....no joke :) I tried to make it funny, but that is honest to God a true story :)

    train64

    01/29/2011

    it read true believable well written....i did look up where Turlock is..the name fits the story perfectly..or vice versa..I enjoyed it..

    oldepoet commented on nine days in turlock

    08-10-2009

    This poem has less music than many of your others allowing it, in my opinion, to stand on its own w/ only a minimum of lyrical magic standing between the reader and the back beat box slow, slow tempo of life in that ugly town.

    devaamido commented on nine days in turlock

    07-26-2009

    Oh' this one is SO BAD that it's funny as Hell!! I love your clarity of expression. Funny, it never occurred to me to wonder how animal sperm is obtained & collected. I guess ya' hadda' be there! Another winner!!

    lithiumblack commented on nine days in turlock

    07-25-2009

    Go to Hell. Hell, Michigan that is. Believe it or not, it's 1,000 times worse. I couldn't help but laughing at this one, mainly because I know precisely what you're talking about. Great piece. A 10.

    wheelsal commented on nine days in turlock

    07-08-2009

    Such a town, such a client and stuck in Turlock would be hell. You always have a way with writing about life. This is well cone.

    Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

    Plato (BC 427-BC 347) Greek philosopher.

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