KEEPING WOMEN HAPPY
 

To keep a woman happy
you have to use your hands.

Hold her when she hurts,
        stroke her hair . . .
or if she doesn't hurt
        do it anyway.

By all means dance with her:

            fingers spinning round her waist
            or palm to palm,
                                      upraised in air
            while bodies press and turn and bend.

Make her skin begin to tingle.
Stroke her upper lip with just your fingertip,
or put your hand upon her neck --
        just where her hair begins to flow into the air --
and knead her flesh until she sings.

Hold her up, grasp her under both her arms;
           lift her off her feet.
Set her down again and run your hands
along her sides;
Make her body feel awake.

Then . . .

Help around the kitchen;
dry the dishes. Wash the clothes.
Fix things with your tools.
Do some gardening.

                                                       © Anthony Hunt

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