She sets your table, plops dinner down, and you eat.
\nNo lust for the chore, no love for it any more, she washes dishes.
\nShe serves you, like a debt, a duty, or a dog\u2014for exchange.<\/p>\n
Me, I\u2019m dessert. I undress your mind, place desire on your table,
\nLuxuriate in your spine, the cup of your back, and your lips.
\nI serve you like a wife, a partner, and a chum\u2014for love.<\/p>\n
We laugh, talk, fuck, sleep, spoon, and wait, drinking in the hours
\nUntil next we meet, a pair of arms entwined in exhausted heat.
\nFor all that, she\u2019s the one on the reservation, table for two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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