Hilary Menos
One trick pony
Squirting cream conditioner into my palm,
I have to look to check that the tipped cap
has two holes, to explain the double spurt,
which flicks me back in time to that porn film
we watched one night, your hand up my skirt,
both pausing to wonder how the bloke on screen
had got the job – paunchy, bald, not well-hung –
then doing a double-take and, gob-smacked,
rewinding the tape to prove that what we’d seen
was a double stream like a forked tongue
licking the moan off the face of the honey.
You called him a one-trick pony, pushed me down
on the double bed, like you always did.
I knew then I had to quit this one-horse town.
I have to look to check that the tipped cap
has two holes, to explain the double spurt,
which flicks me back in time to that porn film
we watched one night, your hand up my skirt,
both pausing to wonder how the bloke on screen
had got the job – paunchy, bald, not well-hung –
then doing a double-take and, gob-smacked,
rewinding the tape to prove that what we’d seen
was a double stream like a forked tongue
licking the moan off the face of the honey.
You called him a one-trick pony, pushed me down
on the double bed, like you always did.
I knew then I had to quit this one-horse town.
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