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Pub GoddessesScent of a sweet, warm woman
forever mingled with tomato tang
deepened by garlic, broadened by rosemary
sharpened by thyme.
Professional charm, leavened by
that amused twinkle, that ironic eye that says,
Yes old man, I see your wintry libido:
ashy sparks in a spent fire.
Tip me well and I'll stand a bit closer.
Immaculate limbs, heated back, taut belly.
Untouchable.
At least by one as old as me.
Vestal virgins march by, each bearing
sacred feast, sacred wines. Or just as often,
sacred silverware, destined to grace a fresh washed alter,
clean as an empty pew waiting for new worshippers.
Cup-bearers, pub goddesses, all divine,
and each warmed by the holy hearth fires.
Heavenly scented:
sweetness of woman
deepened by garlic, broadened by rosemary,
sharpened by thyme.
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Comments: 27
Man, you were expressing a poetic truth, & it is too bad that sometimes we struggle with compliments, of any form. It all boils down to our relationship with self, some people seem to somehow evade their own beauty. Which baffles me, as they can project the total incarnation of beauty, so well, yet when called on it, become defensive. Or perhaps, we perceive their beauty as such, & they really don't see it. Regardless, never give up, there are hundreds, if not thousands of servers who'd love that poem. I served back in high school, & would flirt as the server, in a playfully but "choice" manner. Like ID'ing women in their thirties etc.
+And bottom line is, you called them Goddesses, I'd say that's a better name than any I've heard before. And it beats "Server" too, if I was still in serving, a girl could call me "A Pub God" any day of the week!_Phil
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What a nice comment to get in my inbox. It puts the rest of the day into a better perspective. Thanks!
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Thank you Carolyn. You have a warm kind heart.
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Great imagery you use here, it could just as well apply to a nowaday waitress as a servant girl from a medieval/fantasy like tale.
My favorite line, however, is: "I realized I was lonely, paid my bill and went home to my motel room and watched re-runs of Star Trek."
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Anyway, you are right, the setting could be any time, right back to ancient Grecian days.
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If she were from ancient Greece, she'd be naked.
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I had a smart quip to toss back, something along the lines of, we could learn something from those ancient Greeks, but then I looked outside at winter, people bundled up as they walk past the cafe I am sitting in, and I gave my head a smack.
Besides, anybody who has ever fried bacon in the nude knows cooking and bare skin do not go well together. Even serving and bare skin don't work very well - you get pubes in the sauce, and if someone dropped a spoon, well, picking it up in the nude would not be the most appetizing sight for patrons to the rear.
IMHO, servers in ancient Greece probably wore some fairly practical robes. Though I am always willing to be corrected. In the interest of accurate history, you know. Just in case you had pics of some of those ancient Greek servers. You know, in a drawer somewhere. Or something.
heh.
Well, the ancient Greeks did wear clothing, but it wasn't required... at least that's how they taught us in school. So maybe the waiters had an apron. After all, where else would they keep their change?
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hahaha! Where indeed. Well, I have about worked this one to its end. Thanks for the witty commenting.
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Instant fave, man. This is a greatly image-filled piece of writing. So much so, in fact, that it fills my fingers with the urge to illustrate.
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And now I am filed with curiosity over what kind of imagery you might use to illustrate. 
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I have a week of vacation coming up in December. Finished work is likely when I get home. :3
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Go Holly Go!
Rah Holly Rah!
Yay Holly Yay!
I've got something on the go too, but I have to finish it before I even think about posting. Looking forward to yours.
xoxo
Russ
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Hehe.. you need official pom-poms, I think.
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I really enjoyed this Russell. It was quite an enjoyable sensory experience for me and I was vividly lost in the scene while it lasted. I appreciate your sexual honesty as well.
I think you ought to keep a copy of this in your wallet and wrap it around all future tips.
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Ooookaaaay. I wrote out a very neat hand copy, tore it out of my notebook near the end of my on-the-road supper, prefaced the handover with an enthusiastic praise of the establishment, and then, full of trepidation, handed over a copy of this poem dedicated to all the pub goddesses in the place (so I would not scare any individual one).
And they all vanished into the kitchen to read it, where I heard roars of laughter and then everyone stayed there until I paid my bill and left. Shrieks of laughter at choice phrases, shouted repeat readings of individual lines, followed by more crowd hilarity.
It was humiliating, though I'm too old to be crushed by something like that.
I'm not going to show it to another waitress again. It's not worth the effort.
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Oh crap! Did I ever give some bad advice. 
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De nada. Lots of restaurants in the world, lots of new pages to fill in. Still working on a new drawing, which is shaping up nicely.
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Why thank you, Ben. Glad it worked for you too. Certainly when I first wrote it (this is the 4th revision), the text was much rougher and unfocused. Took me some time to distill it. Now I rather like it.
And I like your idea of writing it up to wrap around all future tips. I like a good flirt with a waitress (they know I am harmless), and I almost always get better service.
I'll do just that.
I can just see you with a happy smile on your face, pub goddess at your side topping up your glass, bringing fresh bread, doing all those professionally flirty things a great waitress (or waiter) can do to help make a dinner an enjoyable experience.
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hahahahaha that's great
I particularly like the thing with the garlic, rosemary and thyme... so cool.
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Glad you liked it - I wondered if I should repeat those phrases or not, and decided to do it in the end. Thanks, man.
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How passionate this is. As a waitress in a past life, I can safetly say, such a comment from a gentleman would have made my day. Very beautiful poem, and such a wonderfully unique thing to write about.
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Ah well, I spend so much time on the road, it's not so unique to me. If you'd been my waitress in that past life (I've been travelling for work for many years), you'd have got the full monty - a safe but definite flirt, a poem and then a great tip.
I used to wait for a living, and came to respect all people who wait on others for their daily earnings.
I am so glad you liked it. Just goes to show you, my instincts are not always bang on... I had serious trepidation about posting this one - people might think I'm more of a lech than I really am. And yet, this is what I experience more than half my working time - another restaurant or pub, another expense account, another bottle of wine, and another pub goddess to offer my pale, sanitized worship to in return for being looked after for a couple hours.
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And I, good sir, would have accepted all but the latter
I used to wait many years ago before finding my career path. It is a hard job, and a thankless one in so many cases.
I liked it very much. It showed sweet character and a thoughful approach to something probably not many think about. Not to mention and aromas of which you speak are a unique thing to notice, but a beautiful thing to embarce
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