She remembered when she was 17
with Roberto at Walkers Cay
as he spread the blanket
for they
2 lay
her family enjoyed the sun
down on Abaco Bay
With one eye on her future
and another on an hourglass of falling sand
she lost her initial trepidation
in Robertos experienced hands
So with the song of songs
gently playing in her mind
while Shakespeares Venus and Adonis
was recited by the Philly muse
she lost her virginity
before the evening news
So small the island
would become
a commune of artists
consumed with passion
controlled by her fickle fate
she bid her family a fond adieu
and boarded a plane 4 the United States
bright lights and big city dreams
never have time 2 fade
if one can sieze the time
and make love 2 life
when all but your heart has forbade
So attentive men would be 2 her
she had a smile 4 every willing heart
so adept she was a leaving tantalizing morsels
thus igniting a hopeful spark
Yet so immersed was she
enjoying a slice of life
from a big apple enjoyed by few
she would leave men
confessing in church pews
before the evening news
A chinese symbol tattoed
on her right breast
lovers would inquire what does it mean
she would smile
in the seductive way she perfected
and answer it means
that I am a queen
In actuality
the symbol meant in life
liberation one must represent
and any moment in time
lost in lust
is time well spent
Men would flock 2 her garden
day and night
never one
yes always two
and be lost in her feminine wiles
before the evening news
Her secret was the way
she would lick her lips
and the natural sway of her lovely hips
she would utter a commet meant 2 tease
and say sweetly pardon me
that was a freudian slip
Men would interpret
these sudective quips
as finally
an opportunity
sadly
so many were left
bereft
of sense and sensibilities
So with a gardenia in her lovely hair
she would stroll ole times square
and pause 2 enjoy the sidewalk muse
and be making love
in the skyscrapers above
before the evening news
Blame not the woman
who is sexually liberated
but the fool man
who is mentally satiated
who thinks he is conducting a symphony
yet in actuality
his erotic intensity
is being carefully orchestrated
For if a woman
knows what she desires
and is aware of her wants and needs
far be it 4 she
2 care when a mans heart bleeds
Her professor friend
read erotic poems
from straton of saris
and as he would peer into her lovely eyes
he would imagine her naked body
in the mews
making love under a canopy
of tress
before the evening news
Essays on man
fail 2 define
a fortunate moment
and forgotten time
thinking he has bitten the fruits of love
yet left with pits
and lemon rind
And when she would cross perfectly shaped legs
wrapped in black stockings
it was a matter of time before
clothes were flung
and there she would be
admiring the well hung
providing electrical sparks
in a mans heart
with her versatile tongue
He would wake up
dreaming of breakfast in bed
with his dream lover by his side
yet like the ebb tide
she would choose
2 be lost in his memories
before the evening news

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