Atara loved the sun
and laying on the beach
in a deckchair
in her bikini
and sunglasses
I preferred the shade
a cool beer
and reading a book
she came in
the hotel room
tanned and cooked
I sat on the chair
by the open window
white and cool
you're like a snow man
she said
sitting all white
open necked shirt
white trousers
why don't you come out
to the beach
and get some sun
get those arms
and features brown?
prefer my whiteness
and being cool
and a good cold beer
I said
she stood by the shower door
and pouted her lip
why come
all the way out here
to sit in the shade
and read a **** book?
I like sight seeing
not sun worshipping
I like museums
and art galleries
not seeing other people’s
sweating bodies
you are such a bore
she said
you didn't say that night
she looked at me
wrinkled up her nose
that was different
she said
you didn't mind
my white body then
I said
I couldn't see it
in the dark
and I couldn't see
your tan either
what's wrong
with the beach though?
she said
too hot and smells
of sun oil and stinking flesh
I said
they have men on the beach
with big brown bodies
and muscles
she said
they also have dames
who look over cooked
and big busted
I said
I’m going for a shower
she said
don't wash off the tan
I said
why don't you
shower with me?
she said
I prefer to shower alone
don't you want
my body any more?
she said sexily
not in the shower
you are so square
she said
walking off
for a shower
so fecking SQUARE
she yelled
and slammed the door
a cool breeze
came through the window
I sipped my beer
and turned another page
of the book
I could hear
the shower going
but didn't go and look.
Jul 17, 2014
Jul 17, 2014 at 8:59 AM UTC
Atara loved the sun
and laying on the beach
in a deckchair
in her bikini
and sunglasses
I preferred the shade
a cool beer
and reading a book
she came in
the hotel room
tanned and cooked
I sat on the chair
by the open window
white and cool
you're like a snow man
she said
sitting all white
open necked shirt
white trousers
why don't you come out
to the beach
and get some sun
get those arms
and features brown?
prefer my whiteness
and being cool
and a good cold beer
I said
she stood by the shower door
and pouted her lip
why come
all the way out here
to sit in the shade
and read a **** book?
I like sight seeing
not sun worshipping
I like museums
and art galleries
not seeing other people’s
sweating bodies
you are such a bore
she said
you didn't say that night
she looked at me
wrinkled up her nose
that was different
she said
you didn't mind
my white body then
I said
I couldn't see it
in the dark
and I couldn't see
your tan either
what's wrong
with the beach though?
she said
too hot and smells
of sun oil and stinking flesh
I said
they have men on the beach
with big brown bodies
and muscles
she said
they also have dames
who look over cooked
and big busted
I said
I’m going for a shower
she said
don't wash off the tan
I said
why don't you
shower with me?
she said
I prefer to shower alone
don't you want
my body any more?
she said sexily
not in the shower
you are so square
she said
walking off
for a shower
so fecking SQUARE
she yelled
and slammed the door
a cool breeze
came through the window
I sipped my beer
and turned another page
of the book
I could hear
the shower going
but didn't go and look.
A MAN AND WOMEN ON HOLIDAY IN 1972.
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