AT PUSSYCAT SUITE

The stripper next door
was in the army
before her more recent occupation.
She was a middle child
and loved to dance
growing up
so her current career choice
may be a step in the right direction.

Her boyfriend, a hippie,
doesn’t know about the army
and is totally fine
with her work at Pussycat Suite
– it’s empowering, apparently.

Joy tells me this
and more
after her shift
at my place
over bottles
under cover
and I sample her wares
at a deep
deep discount.

Her boyfriend knows nothing
of this, either
so instead of being Private Joy,
she’s become my Joy,
in private.

She didn’t like that either.