What a Woman Wants

“All a man really wants, is a girl who looks good in a bikini.”—Jack Freestone

All a “man” really wants is a “girl”
who looks good in a bikini?
All a woman wants is someone
who really doesn’t care, or is it
just to feel warm sea-side air
caress her chest instead of nylon
and play once again, summer child,
outside a body of which she’s too aware,
alive in movements unbound by eyes
and unweighted by prudish gravity,
to wade into the froth of waves breaking wild
around her, an improvised dance that swirls
in cadence to life’s rhythms, wise
to no man’s guile, unresponsive to his gambit.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Throne Avatar
August 29, 2023 at 4:13 PM
Huh. Interesting.
Nicole Avatar
August 5, 2023 at 8:00 PM
She wants someone that "really cares," even though she acts like she doesn't. Welcome to Poetry Soup, Ben. :) Brandy
Rodrigues Avatar
August 1, 2023 at 5:01 PM
Love this, Ben! To be lusted over, no…to be loved…someone to enjoy life with!
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