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HAPPIEST ON HER BACK

my mother was a slut

 

who liked cute babies

and went on marches

to ban the bomb

 

her own mother

named her so

for leading men on

with her ration book stockings

and sooty eyes

 

I knew her

as a gentle woman

who never looked her father in the eye

nor my father

though she wasn't shy

 

we drew on the walls

and bed sheets t...

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TEA DANCE

 

black tie afternoon

         drizzle outside

  

in our cups

        we make an early start

at the town hall dance

 

         tea and wafers

no paso doble

         yet

there are rumours of wife swapping

         amongst the over eighties

 

the foxtrot

         the slow slow waltz

the band is cranking the music up

         we r...

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THE UNCERTAIN NARCISSIST

 

 

The liquid thought

of girl on girl on girl

excites!

delights!

the straightest lad

in spite

of his misgivings

for similar forbidden

acts

he might attract

from other males.

 

For after rugger

a damp towel may plummet

revealing

appealing

tensed muscle

melting

the sternest resolve

with actions bold

he may

...

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