It's 10 of 3 but you refuse to be
a booty-call,
convincing yourself this time its different...
although you're awake, lying next to the phone,
you tell yourself, "you're not really listenin'" for it .
Besides this thing feels so good,
it's got to be the real deal
got your coochie feeling like a sex fiend junkie
and he's the only one with that magic pill;
steady trying to fill the bottle from the outside - in...
once again... missing the point,
while engaged in
pointless, re-demonstrations
of the same end, replayed...
following the same steps as last time,
yet, baffled when
no progress is made..?
Since when did a screw give a promise of love anyway?
Did you really think his penetration
was sufficient
to reach your soul,
his juices, at first warm, become cold
and add nothing of substance
to any of your being,
but to be honest, your not amazed,
cause its the same mess you've been seeing
for many a screw now,
and only insanity expects
the same thing to yield a different result.
and you're not crazy... right?!?
Phone rings,
and though you delay answering
you know you'll be with him tonight.
'cause you've convinced yourself
you can tell,
the difference in the sensitivity of his stroke?
or maybe it's that special note
you hear in his voice
when he calls out your name,
or maybe it's his moan
that you've convinced yourself is NOT the same
as all the other pursuits of happiness
that began and ended between the sheets.
100 and one screws later
and if it had been anything else, you would be
changing your strategy by now...
but that promise of love
has you stuck on stupid
and cupid is having a ball with your desperate ass.
101 screws later and you still haven't gotten past
that empty possibility
that this could be different.
So,
you answer the phone... and off you go...
again.
© 2008 John M. Swails
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Awesome
A read needed to be read by so many. Everyone could relate to this because someone in between the screws we think "this is gonna be the one that's keeps them with me". Great job!!
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Good job
This is very visual and steamy... as well as educational. LOL -
this is amazing! Send this to Tyra so you can read it on her show. Many need to hear this!!!
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This is great John. Full of drama and real life and the desperation of ordinary people. I stand in awe!
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I enjoyed this. It says what lots of women live through on a daily or should I say nightly. I have to admit there was a time when I found myself there. Thank God for common sense kicking in.
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This poem spoke to me in a fimilar voice.
I can relate in alot of ways, You are an extremely talentd writer.
Keep up the good work =]
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I really enjoyed the first half of the second stanza. Your poem speaks the crude truth. Lust ans love can wear the same mask. Great insight
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