Notes About The Poem

abandon polite fiction

I’m not emotionally evasive.
Don’t admire me from a distance.

Let's not waste time pretending. 
Skip the decorative speech of poetry.

What we’re about isn’t moonlight and flowers,
it’s that common-coin of light comedy—sex.

If intimacy is a sequence of permissions,
take what I have—I want you close.

Let’s abandon polite fiction,
get with the friction,
and form a pleasurable, pleasure dependence
.
.
A song for this:
Get Me by Everything But the Girl
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

Poem

Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

Parker Avatar
October 6, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Don't know you that well....
Fallica Avatar
October 6, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Also, this one's very good! ⭐!
Vionet Avatar
October 6, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Thank you 🙃 My last one was so long, I figured I'd pull a short one out of the stack.
Fallica Avatar
October 6, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Oh, the hunger for communion superseding the dance of romance. Now with my clock running down and my time short, I guess maybe I’ve not the patience for it. But I’m a romantic and that that feels like a loss. I anticipate there’d be a mutual recognition and a cut to the chase. Except there's no chase, just a reciprocal understanding. We know who we are. Let’s get on with it. / What is heavy comedy? / Is that a real photo or are you dicking around with AI? / 💛
Vionet Avatar
October 6, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Heavy comedy would be intentional, like standup or absurdity. There's a phrase I was thinking of, "God gave us humor because he gave us sex" that's a paraphrase - I forget whose it is. Which is what brought me to the 'light comedy." Sex is loaded with comedy - at least for me. 🙃 Grandmère's car, real photo, taken with an actual camera! Charles, from the passenger seat with a 35mm lens, which kind of bends the image, why? I DO use photoshop a lot to remove people or zits - I had to use Photoshop Lightroom on this one to completely change the lighting. 🙃
Get a Premium Membership
Turn off ads, get more exposure for your poetry, and get more features with a Premium Membership.
Book: Diverse Voices: The Poetry of Human Rights and the Pursuit of Peace