Friday, September 28, 2012

in slippers, with suspenders






he followed the ritual
while she combed her hair
and the silent melody
of her thighs,
and a spell coming from her lips--
a song that she sang
in front of a mirror,

and simultaneously
he was composing the words
in a discrete feeling
of surrender:

thank you,
oh thank you
for this incredible ride,
for you don't know
how to hide,
for you don't know how
to hide...

that he's tortured by love,
the one that burns inside,
he'll admit
hundreds of times
as soon as she steps
in front of that mirror
again

to comb her hair
with the same melody
of movements
so he can observe
with a greedy desire,
like a lone tenant

in slippers,
with suspenders,
who opened the door very slowly,
making sure
she doesn't see him in
reflection.









© Tom Del Braco











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