I Want What You Have

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



At times you make me nervous.
Why do you look at me like that?

'I want what you have.
With it given to please.'

Who?
You or me?

'Only both of us will know,
After your giving.
Leaving us both to agree,
Too much time had been wasted...
Answering what was asked.
To know my eyes made it clear,
We both wanted to sweat.
Until we nearly lost our breath!'

Oh?
So that look was about sex?

'YES!'

Well...
You not me,
Wasted time in your mind...
Trying foreplay to find,
Me attracted to your eyes...
Probing me up and down.
Like a meal to eat you never had.
I didn't know what was going on with you.

'And...
What did you expect me to do?
Ask you what was special on your menu?'

'Well...
You're right about that.
That approach,
Was getting repetitive.
Too routine and tired.
But you should have warned me.'

'Warned you?
Warned you about what?'

'The drooling.
Dripping down the corners of your mouth.
That was totally unnecessary!
You almost had me,
Getting up and running out of the house.'

Butt naked?
Hmmm...
Interesting.
There is always a next time.
To explore and adventure your limits.

'You wouldn't!'

Truth?
Or dare?

'I wonder,
What the neighbors would think?
If they saw two butt naked old people,
Chasing each other in broad daylight!
Laughing like kids on crack.'

Probably the same thing they thought,
When you were screaming...
That time in the backyard,
DOCTOR, DOCTOR...
GO EASY WITH THE NEEDLE.
I AM NOT THE PATIENT.
I AM THE NURSE.

'Oh yeah.
That was funny.
Especially when the police came.
Accusing us of disturbing the peace!'

And you said,
'Officer?
Trust me..
No peace do I have could he disturb.'

'When do you want to do,
The chasing butt naked thing?
You got a birthday coming soon.'

Truth?
Or dare?

'Let me think about it!'



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Scheme xa xx bc decfxxxx dx Gchhxxxb xbb Gaxxxc bx exccx fcexx IJ kxlxx xexklxx xcxx xkcx bex IJ x
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,758
Words 416
Stanzas 19
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 8, 2, 8, 3, 6, 2, 5, 5, 2, 5, 7, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1

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