Robert Cole
Knockingshop
A covert operation this place
In the suburbs, not a red-light district
Necessarily. Have you experienced
The sexual mores of its neighbours
Recently advertised, Mandy dominatrix?
Who can tell from the outside?
A CID vice, not without
A season ticket. Who’s to say?
Curtains ruched as lingerie,
Keeps twitching like a voyeur.
Could I be a regular here?
In the stucco hall
With the family, a decoy group
That flocks to the door
When the mark comes a knocking.
Climb the stair the only man
In their life. They’ll join you
With their habit, that’s why
They do it with you
Nothing else would elicit
Such a response. Do you want
Hand relief, blowjob, straight, or...
Let’s get down to business baby
Sweetheart, darling can I call you
Steve? Can I call you?
Now how would you like it?
Is this a discreet position?
Men of the world would choose
To maybe work up to a full-blown
Uncompromised orgasm
That would complete the haute cuisine.
But I’m different, let’s just
Play with aphrodisiacs, tantric
Negotiable, a taxi-dancer, a lap-dancer,
A fantail dancer in a clipjoint.
Is that a spyhole camera
Videoing my every move?
Am I going to be worked over
By an angry husband, mugged
And thrown in the street?
Could be arranged.
She’s anyone I want.
Translated to a Nubian slave.
She tells me I’m her type.
She likes it, she likes me doing this.
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