Young and Pretty

[MHenry]

Young and Pretty

Young and pretty
Down shadowed streets
Of a cruel city
Where strangers meet

A knowing glance
And forty bucks
A quick romance
In a pickup truck

If she's done well
She'll get some smack
A spot in Hell
With no way back

[graydon archer]

Indeed a poignant writing about an all to real topic. Well done maestro...

[MHenry]

Thank you, graydon! I appreciate you taking the time to look and comment.

[grant hayes]

The spare lines are the ideal vehicle for this grim vignette, MHenry. I thought it was going to be four syllables in every line, but saw just one exception. Not that it matters; the rhyme and meter flow just right.

[MHenry]

Hi, grant, I was thinking about the fourplay, even toying with threeplay, but I have decided to play fast and loose with syllables if it suits my purpose and flows properly. I grow weary of counting knuckles and changing words to fit a form.

[grant hayes]

As long as it works for the ear, I am all for breaking patterns. And this works for the ear.

[AlexandratheLate]

Such a strong topic said in such few words. Well done MH.

[MHenry]

Thank you, AG! It is heartening to know you are reading my work and find favor.

[DWAYNE]

Wo.

This cuts!

[MHenry]

Thanks for looking, Dwayne!

[John Wertz]

Hi MHenry. Powerful and true.. In my former life, don't know if I told you, I was a cop in a northeast city. I worked some vice on occasion and always found it depressing. This poem made me think of a particular prostitute who wound up a murder victim.

[MHenry]

This has to be one of the toughest beats for a cop! Especially, if they have young rebellious daughters of their own! Thanks for the look, John!

[Bobby Del Boy]

Roxanne, you don't have to turn on the red light. This write Stings and cuts like a knife.Well done MH.

[MHenry]

Thanks, BDB, your comments are always very supportive!

[lunar glide]

I enjoy how you deal with strong subjects so directly and you disarm me with wit. 😄

[MHenry]

Thank you, lunar glide! That is a very nice comment. And, if you are disarmed, you can't shoot me!

[lunar glide]

not even with a peashooter lol

[MHenry]

So, it is safe to turn the other cheek, too!

[imrogue]

This is an alarming write... My 21 y/o daughter (17 at that time) shared a story
about a girl from her school who had a reputation like mentioned here.
Although a hearsay...I wondered if there was any truth in it.
...Thanks for sharing

[MHenry]

Thanks for reading and commenting, imrogue.
The horrible truths out there...