How comes the woman
undresses slowly,
maybe not conscious
of the slowness,
not a deliberate seductiveness,
not acting a part for real
or imaginatively,
but because maybe
her mind is elsewhere,
deeper matters than slowness
of removing items of clothing,
thinking perhaps of why
her husband is home so late,
and for the third night running
and no explanation or anything
like a reason for the lateness,
or maybe because her father
died so sudden, just like that,
one minute there, then gone,
gone for good or bad,
still she undresses slowly,
letting the items fall to the floor,
one by one, not thinking
of anything perhaps,
just lost in the moment of now,
taking off the coverings of the day,
and then to stand naked
and feel just feel
the slight touch of air
blowing on her there.
1d ago
Jun 3, 2026 at 3:27 AM UTC
How comes the woman
undresses slowly,
maybe not conscious
of the slowness,
not a deliberate seductiveness,
not acting a part for real
or imaginatively,
but because maybe
her mind is elsewhere,
deeper matters than slowness
of removing items of clothing,
thinking perhaps of why
her husband is home so late,
and for the third night running
and no explanation or anything
like a reason for the lateness,
or maybe because her father
died so sudden, just like that,
one minute there, then gone,
gone for good or bad,
still she undresses slowly,
letting the items fall to the floor,
one by one, not thinking
of anything perhaps,
just lost in the moment of now,
taking off the coverings of the day,
and then to stand naked
and feel just feel
the slight touch of air
blowing on her there.
