A Deal
If I paid you in cash
would that make
meeting up
an easy trade to do –
without those afflictions
brought on – again –
by your loud dam?
(How she stage-whispers
in your shell-like –
that ear-piercing hiss
about your choice of men
and your other failings)
You never liked her
enough – be honest – love –
your mother’s devotion
will not be won – not yet
If I paid you in cash
would you lie down
for me? Currently (I see)
there is no queue
but then my appetite
for easy ways
seems long spent –
Let me pass on that deal