Lindsey Klees stepped up to the Chance Operations open-mic on October 25.
The next Chance Operations reading will be Monday, November 22, at Duff's, 392 North Euclid, in the Central West End. Cover will be $3.00; doors open at 7:30 p.m.
My Daddy Bought Me Porn When I Was Nine
He caught me wearing Mommy's pumps and bras
and spreading her "Rita's Rose" lipstick across my mouth.
She always got it on her teeth, but not me; it was perfect.
He walked into the room as I was in the middle of performing
"Happy Birthday" in the style of Marilyn Monroe.
I smiled at him and waved my delicate hand.
He dropped his Miller High Life and stared.
I could hear the yellow liquid fizz.
That day we went to the barber shop and he got me a crew-cut.
I used to go with Mommy to the salon.
She let the women put curlers in my hair and sit under the heated globe.
"He's so patient" they'd say and she would smile.
No one spoke to me at the barber shop.
My hair was uneven in the back, but they said it would build character.
The next day three magazines were sitting on my bed.
I gazed at the lovely bodies of women for hours.
Daddy cracked the door open and I looked up, fearful.
He tipped his hat, smiled and left me alone.
I undressed myself and stood in front of the mirror.
I held up a magazine in front of me and wondered,
When will I get my breasts?
-- Lindsey Klees
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