To Fancy Pete

All I need to know
in that moment
is telegraphed through
his eyes,

a short--ABRUPT--
message:
LUST. STOP. ACHE. STOP. NEED. STOP.
Everything distilled
to the hard, sharp
edges of Anglo-Saxon

verbs; and I, unstopped,
answer their irresistible
imperative and bend
--pliant--
to his demand.




written 29-09-2015