Resisting a beginning
(an old morality tale sexed up)
Christ Girl, don`t prance past like that,
Flashing that long shaft of gleaming thigh.
Now he`s awake! Didn`t you notice that,
Didn`t you see him stir a little then?
Just wait, he`ll nudge me in a while
And, opening one tired lazy, lolling eye,
Ask the mute question...Oh, I`ll refuse,
But its the cost! You, girl, could never feel
The excruciating wither of his contempt
Or know the way it makes my manhood cringe.
He had a kingdom once and he`ll commit
Bloody carnage to re-conquer it
(This beast, you think is nuzzling my neck
Insidiously desires me by the throat).
Harry O'Neill
Wed 21st Oct 2015 20:38
Cynthia,
Thanks for the spot...(fixed it)...and causing me to look at it again.
And realise that - in my anxiety to do it as a kind of blank verse sonnet - thing I`ve probably done the theme a diservice.
I was trying to get a male flesh-feel into a tempting thing but missed out the idea of betrayal.
when this cold-bug goes I might try it again (if I can) in a looser form.
Sorry for going on a bit...but you made me think...thanks.