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Karen Hathaway Pittman is a freelance writer and poet whose work is widely featured on the web. Her style is as acerbic as it is witty. Occasionally resplendent, often raucous, always refreshing, her no-holds-barred, tell-it-like-is commentary not only informs – it entertains. She's the Lay's Potato Chip of political punditry, with a spicy twist: You can't read just one! Bon appetite!

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Karen Hathaway Pittman is a writer, poet, and interior designer who lives with her husband and cat in London, England. She is currently compiling her essays into book form, tentatively titled Hard Write Turn, and is working on her first formal collection of poetry, The Awful Colossus of Longing. She is also the author of the soon-to-be-completed interior decoration book, The American Pied-a-Terre: Creating Old World Charm in Your Apartment, Townhouse, or Condominium. Whatever the project, Karen pours all of her considerable energy into it. Her writing is nothing if not passionate. She'll amaze, appall, and even anger you, but she'll never leave you bored. All poems and creative excerpts posted on this site are copyrighted and may not be reproduced without the author's permission. All rights to all materials replicated herein belong solely to the writer, unless otherwise noted.

Thursday, March 30, 2006

"Don Juan Gigolo"

© Karen Hathaway Pittman 2006

He pockets her heart like a coin –
but it's really her booty he's out to purloin . . .

so he keeps his eyes on the prize,
figuring there's plenty to go round.

Cocksure, he hands her a package she can't resist,
and they seal their deal with a naked kiss . . . .

To keep him
hanging, she wraps his rented neck

in solid gold chains, and he lets her
string him along like the precious sack she thinks he is.

But all that glitters is dust . . . .

To keep from thinking, she lays him away
in her bed of bargains and unrequited lust.

He's her dirty little secret –
but will she keep him?

Don Juan keeps time like change,
but her store will soon be emptied.

She's counting down to zero,
for this wanted man is not about to be her hero.

Business-like, he turns and walks out the door,
because that's what you do when you're all paid for.

Karen Hathaway Pittman is an award-winning poet who is currently compiling her first book-length collection of poems, The Awful Colossus of Longing. You may contact her at ltpkhp@aol.com.

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