Best Philandering Poems

 A
handsome
butterfly
hovers over
my prized rose bushes.
How brightly he flutters
in the early light of day.
The blossom on which he settles
is the first virginal bloom of May.
She is newly opened and most fragrant.

As if blushing, she receives her suitor -
a black butterfly with wings whose tips
blend divinely...

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fools the tools of the transient tarts
with open hearts
dupes seldom depart

the joker is wild
with the mind of a child
mild, beguiled
with an accomplished smile

knowing the difference ’tween love and lust
is a must
avoiding fuss
retention is free of inept invention
intention without contravention
 
lessons should not
lessen confession
by confessing sorrowful...

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Oh, the scent
The tingling touch
Of unseen fingers on the air
Teasing instincts interest.

The essence of the feral
Laying lust upon the wind
Hope among the hedges
An unknowing provocateur

Fumbling with the dark art
Of pheromonal folly.


John G. Lawless
©10/25/2022...

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