Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Slight of Hand

Give me the chair, you can sit on my knee
My body obliges this demand without thinking
Other people have always been more comfortable to me
than furniture
I relish this position the way a child
or a dog or a cat does
But I know you
I should have remembered
You are sexually aroused by holding a woman on your lap
And I am a woman
Much as I would like to be a more innocent thing
Impulsively able to indulge in friendly affection
Such an option was removed an aeon ago
I wouldn't mind trading for grown-up love
but there are always
complications
recriminations
tears
Why do you tempt me with comfort-wrapped regrets?
Is it not possible...?
Am I a worthless friend?

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