Atara wants to listen
to the pianist
play some Chopin
in some place
in Dubrovnik
so we get dressed
in our best
have a shot
of ***** first
and a smoke
on the balcony
a look over the sea
and she says
I he'd wished play Mozart
I like Mozart
well he's playing Chopin
so that's it
I say
but he won't be playing
the piano concertos
of Chopin
she says
no he hasn't got
an orchestra with him
just him
playing alone
I say
she sits on the balcony
in her red dress
the one that I bought her
in Paris
the one she's grown out of
(not to mention it
to her of course)
she inhales
and looks
at the street below
remember
when we made love
to Chopin's Piano Concerto
number 2?
she asks
we didn't make love
to the concerto
we made love
with each other
I say
you know
what I mean
she says
you'd bought me
an LP
of the two concertos
and we made love
to the 2nd one
I looked at the red dress
it fitted tightly
her *******
were pushing it
to the limits
her plump knees
were showing
that red dress ok?
I ask
she looks at me
sure it is
it's my favourite
she replies
pulling at the hem
trying to pull it
over her knees
you bought it for me
in Paris
yes I did
back in 1970
is it that long ago?
two years?
yes two years
I say
gosh I don't usually
have a dress that long
she says
maybe you should
buy me a new one
she says
I bought a new one
last month
to go to that wedding
I say
O but that
was a wedding going dress
she says
I look away
look at the sea
the red dress is fine
I say
(despite what people might see)
there's a good looking dame
on the balcony over the way
I don't say.
Jun 2, 2014
Jun 2, 2014 at 1:55 AM UTC
Atara wants to listen
to the pianist
play some Chopin
in some place
in Dubrovnik
so we get dressed
in our best
have a shot
of ***** first
and a smoke
on the balcony
a look over the sea
and she says
I he'd wished play Mozart
I like Mozart
well he's playing Chopin
so that's it
I say
but he won't be playing
the piano concertos
of Chopin
she says
no he hasn't got
an orchestra with him
just him
playing alone
I say
she sits on the balcony
in her red dress
the one that I bought her
in Paris
the one she's grown out of
(not to mention it
to her of course)
she inhales
and looks
at the street below
remember
when we made love
to Chopin's Piano Concerto
number 2?
she asks
we didn't make love
to the concerto
we made love
with each other
I say
you know
what I mean
she says
you'd bought me
an LP
of the two concertos
and we made love
to the 2nd one
I looked at the red dress
it fitted tightly
her *******
were pushing it
to the limits
her plump knees
were showing
that red dress ok?
I ask
she looks at me
sure it is
it's my favourite
she replies
pulling at the hem
trying to pull it
over her knees
you bought it for me
in Paris
yes I did
back in 1970
is it that long ago?
two years?
yes two years
I say
gosh I don't usually
have a dress that long
she says
maybe you should
buy me a new one
she says
I bought a new one
last month
to go to that wedding
I say
O but that
was a wedding going dress
she says
I look away
look at the sea
the red dress is fine
I say
(despite what people might see)
there's a good looking dame
on the balcony over the way
I don't say.
WOMAN AND MAN IN YUGOSLAVIA IN 1972 AND A RED DRESS.
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