Tuesday, 1 March 2016

Going with the Music OR Play On...


Don’t we all have our eye on the main chance where falling in love is concerned? Gay or straight, we can’t afford to be caught out wearing blinkers …

At the same time, of course, we need to learn the best steps likely to find ourselves a partner in life if not for life; it's no fun engaging with shadows in a closet.

As classic playwright William Shakespeare frequently comments, one way or another, in many of his his plays: - 'If music be the food of love, play on... 'Twelfth Night (1602) 

GOING WITH THE MUSIC

Shirt open,
muscles rippling,
slim fit jeans
defying mutual desires
to pussyfoot
around each other
like politicians
with an eye on the
main chance
while not wanting
to queer
their pitch with any
second
(or third) choices
likely game
for second (or third)
chances

Body going
with the music,
in time
with, oh, so playful toes
winking
back at mine,
suggesting
we leave the floor,
head for
the bar, see where
it leads...
(your place or mine?)
anxious to play
the cool customer
while making the case
for sex

Mind getting
lost in the music,
reaching out
to you for a helping hand,
sensing
your piano fingers
playing mine
(a familiar enough tune)
its subtleties
stirring memories
of times
when spirit and flesh
both equal
to the greater task,
making more
of one-night stands
than sex

Shirts off,
muscles rippling,
hairy legs
taking mutual desires
full on,
no pussy footing
around
each other
like politicians,
but an eye on the
main chance
with no intention
of queering
our pitch with any
second
(or third) choices,
only game
(this time) for staying
the course

Copyright R. N. Taber 2016






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