Kurt Ravidas Poet Rhyme

The Equity

Oh, blatant inequality between
a man and a woman! I could plainly glean
that from the little rendezvous we had
last night. I was intolerably bad
in how I behaved: a tongue-tied man,
unwilling to be content with less than
a pledge of paradise sealed by a kiss, 
together uptight and excited with
your reticence, the glitter of your rings,
the strange configuration of the wings
behind your back... The crapulence, the crumbs
in lonely bed I curse when morning comes.

All kind of equities is just a fraud:
I dream about you, you dream me not.

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Kurt Ravidas April 17, 2019 at 7:40 AM Thank you, Caren)

Caren Krutsinger April 17, 2019 at 12:55 AM Those last two lines are enough to be a wonderful poem on their own, actually.

Connie Marcum Wong April 15, 2019 at 3:36 AM Men are lucky if they have a mother's moods to study to help them understand what a woman wants....a woman pretty much knows what a man wants. I enjoyed this Kurt! : ) Kurt Ravidas April 15, 2019 at 7:00 AM We're all equal before the lotus feet of transcendence) Thank you, Connie.