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“Sexy Disco” Haiku [poetry]

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When I traveled to Italy in 2011, I learned the phrase “sexy disco” from Matteo, my sexy Italian tour guide on my ride to the Amalfi Coast. I found that “sexy disco” is the term for strip clubs when I told him where I worked at the time. From what I understand, they are nothing like the gritty clubs of the US. Matteo wanted to take me to see a “sexy disco” when we returned to Rome. Unfortunately, I did not take him up on that offer.  The following haiku (I took some Jack Kerouac…

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Shake Your Money Maker – Stripper Etiquette 101

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Making money is not always about nudity in a strip club, believe it or not.   If you don’t know the basics of communication, you’re not going to be good at making money. The fantasy extends from your looks – walking the walk, down to actual conversation – talking the talk. There were dancers, night after night, that would get straight to the point, go over and ask a guy for a dance. Of course the fella would almost always say yes; the girl would then give her 3 minute…

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All That Glitters…

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  Forget all you’ve ever seen on TV, music videos and in the movies about strip clubs, especially behind the scenes.   It is not glamorous and 99% of the girls are not tall, beautiful models; in fact, in my seven years I can only recall a handful of girls that even came close to that description. I remember having conversations with other club employees (not dancers) who shared the opinion that you could find “hotter girls” walking the local malls than who worked the clubs. When I started working the…

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