40-Fkiss

                                The Kiss

                    Bill Evans trio
                    at the Vanguard
                    playing
                    in the room.

                    I said quietly
                    to her,
                    I love you.

                    I waited
                    for her answer.

                    I said, quietly,
                    I want to love you.

                    I said, I want
                    to make love
                    to you.

                    With you.

                    I want
                    to fuck
                    with you.

                    She did not
                    answer.

                    She did not
                    move.

                    I leaned
                    toward her
                    and she did not
                    turn away.

                    She did not speak.

                    I kissed her
                    lightly
                    at her lips.

                    I asked her quietly,
                    do you want to.

                    She did not
                    answer,
                    and she
                    did not move.

                    I kissed her,
                    again,
                    lightly.

                    She did not
                    move.

                    I whispered
                    in her ear,
                    I want to fuck
                    with you.

                    She did not speak.

                    She did not
                    move.

                    I kissed her lips
                    lightly.

                    She returned
                    my kiss.

                    I love you,
                    I said.

                    Will you fuck
                    with me,
                    I asked.

                    She did not
                    speak.

                    She kissed me.

                    Yes, she whispered,
                    in my ear.

                    I want to fuck
                    with you.

Tom Fallon