http://stephengyllenhaal.net/night-job/ The Official Website Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:25:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://stephengyllenhaal.net/night-job/comment-page-1/#comment-2332 Sheryl Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:24:30 +0000 http://stephengyllenhaal.net/?p=909#comment-2332 This poem tears at my heart and yet, it somehow emparts hope. I'm sure you have heard about the mass grave discovered in NM, 11 women and one unborn infant, all victims of not just a murderer but their profession as prostitutes, or substance users as well. Two of them were cousins, none of them were very old, all of them had families that loved them. I had worked with 4 of them when they were very young women. I like the last line, for even a prostitute is a person, a woman. I find some solace in the hope that as a woman (or a girl) there was a least one moment in life in which she gave her heart away. (Because that would mean in that moment she felt a freedom in doing so.) Thank you for completing your poem with this glimpse of hope. This poem tears at my heart and yet, it somehow emparts hope.
I’m sure you have heard about the mass grave discovered in NM, 11 women and one unborn infant, all victims of not just a murderer but their profession as prostitutes, or substance users as well. Two of them were cousins, none of them were very old, all of them had families that loved them. I had worked with 4 of them when they were very young women.
I like the last line, for even a prostitute is a person, a woman. I find some solace in the hope that as a woman (or a girl) there was a least one moment in life in which she gave her heart away. (Because that would mean in that moment she felt a freedom in doing so.)
Thank you for completing your poem with this glimpse of hope.

]]> http://stephengyllenhaal.net/night-job/comment-page-1/#comment-2308 Amy Porter Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:51:41 +0000 http://stephengyllenhaal.net/?p=909#comment-2308 hmm... a pretty sad but unfortunatly true one...too many of those these days I'm afraid.:( hmm… a pretty sad but unfortunatly true one…too many of those these days I’m afraid.:(

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