Third Wheel

 
we parted as lips do    
when heat is too stifling    
in separate ways    
   
away from humid contact    
of each other skin    
sweat stains    
   
begin to surface    
(is recalling worth it?)    
or act unfazed    
   
when he wants to meet    
your husband    
perhaps abstain    
   
from drilling wells    
in long deserted oasises  
the politics of grey    
   
a dangerous game    
to play