Warmth before fashion.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Villanelle for a Video

Why don't these young people take off their shoes?
He looks so silly erect in his sneaks,
while she's wearing six-inch pumps and a bruise.

Embarrassing toe jam? Foot odor blues?
This joyless fellatio's lasting a week;
surely their feet are too hot in those shoes.

Couldn't care less that she's dry, he just screws.
Can a woman who fakes it so poorly have peaks?
She can't be content with cheap pumps and a bruise.

No kissing, no touching, just paying their dues,
they both look so worried some gas might leak.
If it did, would they run from the room in their shoes?

If she asked to be fingered he might not refuse,
but those ham hands would fumble, in vain they would seek,
and some faraway place would bear a fresh bruise.

Impassioned baboons would have less to prove
than this poor boneless drone and puffed-up geek.
All that taut young skin, and what shows is the bruise;
bless their hearts, maybe someday they'll take off their shoes.

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