These are poems I wrote trying to capture the torrent of emotions a man feels when he falls in love with that first truly special woman.
*****
For E
A Dessert Delight
Delicious curves, twisting and winding
Over a landscape of cloth-covered flesh
Lines like frosting spread thinly, evenly
Through multi layers and down imperceptible depths
The mouth waters
The tongue touches the lips
A hunger grows for the womanly fullness
Of you
And that popcorn laughter
Going off suddenly, delightfully
Each sound colored by the faintest hint of caramel
And accompanied by a smile
The first cut section of a succulent cake
An invitation to have another piece
---
Second Date Thoughts
Five hours to go
Quick, quick!
Licketysplit
The place needs to be presentable
Running Rushing
Second date
Dinner here
Eat what?
Something simple, something good
Don’t stress
When you’re a man, you have some latitude
You get points for cooking
But not for a messy apartment
A flurry of dust and dirt and towels
Vacuum whirls and growls
Cat freaks out, runs away
Heh!
Living room almost done
Check the cushions
Move the papers
Fluff the pillows
Cat hair everywhere
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Is there any porn sitting out?
Find it, get it, stash it away
Living room is done.
Four hours to go
Kitchen next
Bing Bang Bong
Pots shoved onto the drying wrack
Squish Squack Squash
Mop glides over linoleum
Damned stain won’t budge
Whatever
Leave it
And so it goes
Room to room
Corner to corner
Five four three two hours left
And the place
This place
is clean…
Too clean…
So clean it looks like…
the lair of a serial killer
oragayman
damn
She’s gonna think you’re either Dexter (at worst)
or Will (at best)
And she is not Rita and definitely not Grace
So, put back some dirt - mess up the place
But, not too much
She’ll be afraid to sit down
Just lived-in dirty
Lived-in relaxed
Lay the papers back out
Unfluff the pillows
Roll the cat on the carpet
What about a pair of shoes by the door?
Nah.
Look like you made an effort
But not too much of one
Be cool
Be cool
Phew! Place is done
Better now
Onto dinner…
---
Your Strength
I know when your strength appears
The voice deepens
The eyes flame green
And your spirit becomes a river whose current rushes with finished tears
Your strength is born from past weakness
And it remains steady
Like falling snow endless and deep
Covering all around it evenly and equally in forthright kindness
You show me your strength and my own heart expands
It lifts me
It carries me away
It leaves me wrapped in your warmth, your smile, and your hands
Your strength is a happily discovered treasure
For those yet to know you
For those yet to benefit
It makes the journey towards you an immeasurable, indescribable pleasure
*****
For E
A Dessert Delight
Delicious curves, twisting and winding
Over a landscape of cloth-covered flesh
Lines like frosting spread thinly, evenly
Through multi layers and down imperceptible depths
The mouth waters
The tongue touches the lips
A hunger grows for the womanly fullness
Of you
And that popcorn laughter
Going off suddenly, delightfully
Each sound colored by the faintest hint of caramel
And accompanied by a smile
The first cut section of a succulent cake
An invitation to have another piece
---
Second Date Thoughts
Five hours to go
Quick, quick!
Licketysplit
The place needs to be presentable
Running Rushing
Second date
Dinner here
Eat what?
Something simple, something good
Don’t stress
When you’re a man, you have some latitude
You get points for cooking
But not for a messy apartment
A flurry of dust and dirt and towels
Vacuum whirls and growls
Cat freaks out, runs away
Heh!
Living room almost done
Check the cushions
Move the papers
Fluff the pillows
Cat hair everywhere
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Is there any porn sitting out?
Find it, get it, stash it away
Living room is done.
Four hours to go
Kitchen next
Bing Bang Bong
Pots shoved onto the drying wrack
Squish Squack Squash
Mop glides over linoleum
Damned stain won’t budge
Whatever
Leave it
And so it goes
Room to room
Corner to corner
Five four three two hours left
And the place
This place
is clean…
Too clean…
So clean it looks like…
the lair of a serial killer
oragayman
damn
She’s gonna think you’re either Dexter (at worst)
or Will (at best)
And she is not Rita and definitely not Grace
So, put back some dirt - mess up the place
But, not too much
She’ll be afraid to sit down
Just lived-in dirty
Lived-in relaxed
Lay the papers back out
Unfluff the pillows
Roll the cat on the carpet
What about a pair of shoes by the door?
Nah.
Look like you made an effort
But not too much of one
Be cool
Be cool
Phew! Place is done
Better now
Onto dinner…
---
Your Strength
I know when your strength appears
The voice deepens
The eyes flame green
And your spirit becomes a river whose current rushes with finished tears
Your strength is born from past weakness
And it remains steady
Like falling snow endless and deep
Covering all around it evenly and equally in forthright kindness
You show me your strength and my own heart expands
It lifts me
It carries me away
It leaves me wrapped in your warmth, your smile, and your hands
Your strength is a happily discovered treasure
For those yet to know you
For those yet to benefit
It makes the journey towards you an immeasurable, indescribable pleasure
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