Ode to the Wild Side

WARNING!

This original poem by G. Laidlaw contains language 

and imagery that may be offensive to some readers.

The people it's about did exist and their stories are true.

© Copyright by the Author. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

ODE TO THE WILD SIDE

Maria Alundra Consuela Ariba

Queen of the Gypsies or last Queen of Sheba

All of her life a woman denied

All of her life a Diva inside

Dressed as a peacock leads the Gay March of Pride

Funny the magic memories bring

I thought I heard Lou Reed's colored girls sing

Jerry came out when he was sixteen

They fractured his ribs and ruptured his spleen

Tough loggers and good ol' boys scared of a fag

Now the kid from a small town dressed up in drag

Is the prettiest corpse in the ugliest bag

Funny the magic memories bring

I can almost hear Lou Reed's colored girls sing

Junked out and bruised is Vaseline Sally

Working her corner in Gasoline Alley

Hep-C and AIDS makes it ten bucks a trick

Horny husbands and fathers use her for their kicks

Do they know what it is that's sucking their dicks

Funny the magic memories bring

Close my eyes and I hear Lou Reed's colored girls sing

G. Laidlaw