Pearl 4/29/08

Pearl

She blinked those big, round, blue
eyes her milk face and sharp black
eyeliner a thing to behold
and somehow in the din of the diner
light she glowed
like a goddess, no one finer
no one seemed to notice
the run in her stocking or
the strawberry stain
on her white dress.
She was all business
and that guy from out a town
never saw it coming
like he was hog tied and laid down
by her shy smile and the endearing
ways she served him what she’d made
and what looked like innocence
was actually her stock and trade
something that had only made sense
to her as she realized
what she had just done.
She had caught his eye and surprised
by her interest this long lost son
found himself alive and well
his internal compass rising up
he knew it might be trouble and still
shook his head in humor thinking yup
here we go then jumped in the game
and asked “So girl, what’s your name?”
And she smiling, head cocked said
“Pearl.”