There is a slow
deliberation
on the **********
before the mirror
in your room
the slow removal
piece by piece
until you are down
to your underwear
and bra.
You stand
there gazing
looking at
the mirrored
bed behind
imagining
Benny was there
giving you the eye.
But he isn't of course
just your wanting
him there
gazing at your
strip-show
with his hazel eyes.
Your clothes lie
where they fell.
You pretend
he is cheering you on
commenting on your
revealed flesh
and shape.
Downstairs your mother
is preparing dinner
the radio pushing out
some Mendelssohn.
You sigh
and pick up
the fallen clothes
and stack them neat
and dress in
after school clothes
bit by bit
knowing Benny
isn't there to see.
Your mother calls you
like a laboured cow
and you guess you'll
eat the dishes up dinner
somehow.
May 1, 2018
May 1, 2018 at 12:18 PM UTC
There is a slow
deliberation
on the **********
before the mirror
in your room
the slow removal
piece by piece
until you are down
to your underwear
and bra.
You stand
there gazing
looking at
the mirrored
bed behind
imagining
Benny was there
giving you the eye.
But he isn't of course
just your wanting
him there
gazing at your
strip-show
with his hazel eyes.
Your clothes lie
where they fell.
You pretend
he is cheering you on
commenting on your
revealed flesh
and shape.
Downstairs your mother
is preparing dinner
the radio pushing out
some Mendelssohn.
You sigh
and pick up
the fallen clothes
and stack them neat
and dress in
after school clothes
bit by bit
knowing Benny
isn't there to see.
Your mother calls you
like a laboured cow
and you guess you'll
eat the dishes up dinner
somehow.
