Hail,
holy nakedness of our dancing girls!
- Moby Dick
1. Rigel and Beetlegeuse, I think.
Caroline
went by the name of "Lace" and sported glittering silver stars
that bulged appropriately in the middle, giving them the look
of pulsating sea creatures. Her tune of choice was Kid Rock's
"Cowboy", and the tilted ten-gallon complemented the music and
the Old West ornaments nicely. For reasons unexplained, her
waistband remained nearly devoid of legal tender after her wildly
arcing duty-dance with fantasy.
2. Identical Flags
It
was not so with "Tia", whose real name was never made
known to me. As the club's token Asian, she was - understandably
- lovingly bedecked with money throughout her routine. Her features
were decidedly Mandarin, but the concealment of her nipples
was effected by miniature imitations of the Rising Sun flag
of Japan, on the assumption that the clientele would either
ignore or forgive the blurring.
3. Patriotism and Geometry United
Of
Kaia's considerable endowments it was necessary to make a close
inspection before passing judgment. This was done at considerable
extra expense - namely, the fee for a "lap dance" - and revealed
the intricate details that distance and drink concealed during
her more public exhibition. A ring of blue surrounded four red
tetrahedrons, arranged with radial symmetry on a white background.
Asked about the patriotic color scheme, Kaia asserted that she
"hadn't thought of that." She was a woman gapingly insensitive
to irony.
Addendum
I have
not been regularly impressed by non-circular pasties; there
is an antique strain in me that responds to that symbol of perfection
and eternity, the perfect circle. Furthermore, roundness provides
a better and more exciting foreshadow of the treasure underneath.
Caroline's accoutrements, described above, are the exception
that proves this rule, and the only other exceptions I have
encountered were of the steliiform variety. There is probably
something to that, since it was the (presumed) circular motions
of the heavens that suggested the shape's divinity to the Greek
mind. Yes, there is almost certainly something to that.
