It's A Dirty Job But...

Well, we all made it to the weekend. LOTS to do. The next month or so will be insanely busy and wildly fun. Much music to be enjoyed and the summer concert season hasn't even begun.

Going to tell another story today. This weeks 100 Word Song Challenge has Lance and Rene picking an old classic song by Steely Dan. For newbies, the challenge is to use the song as a prompt... either the title, lyrics or imagery, and write a story, poem or laundry list in exactly 100 words.

The pick this week is "Dirty Work"

"At nine years old Emmie hated her life.

She could smell her mother’s perfume and knew why she was wearing it. She also knew it would be another night of watching her five year old brother. Which bar would it be this time and which man?

Emmie followed her once, to see where she worked. At first, her mother’s job seemed exciting. Drinks and cigarettes and men being attentive. Much too attentive. Horrible men were touching her, kissing her... still, she smiled. But her smile lied as much as her tongue. She was not a hostess. She was a whore."