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affair at the Davenport

Sinatra said treat a lady like a tramp & a tramp like a lady.
I haven�t decided which she is yet, that makes it tricky.

she arrives in a cab. probably gave her husband some lame
excuse. I don�t really care. she calls my room & I go down. I
ask if she�s hungry. I get the standard answer. a dame
always wants a high end meal before the sex.

later in the elevator, she takes her shoes off. I like it. it gets
her a little closer to naked.

I tell her to get comfortable while I grab a quick shower.
from the stall I can hear her busy at the sink.
doing girl things, I suppose.

she sits in bed, having a smoke. she�s beautiful, & I tell her
she is. when a woman�s with me, she�s nothing less than
radiant. she can be plain somewhere else.

I do what a woman needs to make this sordidness worth
the subtle humiliation: suckling her neck, nipping her
shoulders. tugging her hair a little.

she asks what she can do for me that is special. I tell her
�you don�t have to do anything fancy, baby, I�m used to
tramps.� ��you want a tramp, Johnny?� she says. �I can be
a tramp. I want a man to make love to me, but I�ll settle
for your version of it.�

the ice of her body liquefies; it melts, & she warms to my
greedy hands. I feel her insistence under me. I look at her
gray eyes, & she blinks, & her eyes are green. she blinks
again, & they are brown �� lovers who have left me,
yet remain�

(there are women like her in my past, not exactly the same,
but close, & I figure one or two more in my future. I�ll tell
her she�s beautiful, & I will call her baby.)

we ride the exquisite parade to its peak & time ends. & we
hold. & we hold. & time begins again.

when it�s good like this, you want a sequel. next week. next
month. a reason, a solid reason, to go forward.

but people like us, we can�t go forward. we can only go back.
there�s always someone to go back to�

(Artist unknown)

Written by JohnFeddeler

Published 5th Aug 2016

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Re. affair at the Davenport

Kasai

5th Aug 2016 2:42am

'but people like us, we can�t go forward. we can only go back.
there�s always someone to go back to� '
A melancholy love story,worth every word....

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Re. affair at the Davenport

Anonymous

5th Aug 2016 3:31am

Sir John, well, this line is just one of the many I loved in this exquisite write...

"when a woman�s with me, she�s nothing less than
radiant. she can be plain somewhere else."
~ a gentle-man...for a time...as I give you a kiss
*
"I tell her
�you don�t have to do anything fancy, baby, I�m used to
tramps.�"
~ a heart breaker...for a moment...as I give you a kiss
*
"(there are women like her in my past, not exactly the same,
but close, & I figure one or two more in my future. I�ll tell
her she�s beautiful, & I will call her baby.)"
~ some women shall read this and curse you, ltm...but I will always have a kiss for you
With love always - Taryn xoxo

Re. affair at the Davenport

crimsin (Unveiling)

5th Aug 2016 1:02pm

"I do what a woman needs to make this sordidness worth
the subtle humiliation: suckling her neck, nipping her
shoulders. tugging her hair a little."

something about these lines made me feel naked and a little naughty..

John you are quite something..

making me quiver poetry..

love Crim