Life Study

norah jones 
writhes and moans
while making love

then quickly dresses
because time presses
there

in her other life
as mother and wife
where

husband ted 
breaks wind in bed 
after sex

as she lies still 
to his will
and thinks of this

every hour counted
until next mounted
and loved
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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