Going Steady
He wants a steady mistress.
Steady on her legs,
steadily available on rainy Sundays,
or at four in the morning.
A wise, long-suffering wife
to someone else.
He wishes his own wife
understood the true meaning
of ‘steady.’
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2022
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